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Minnesota: Exports Are Expanding In The Land Of The Lakes

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T he Minnesota Trade Office recently awarded the 2016 Governor’s International Trade Award to six Minnesota companies that have been successful exporters. I congratulate them for their global achievements and thank each of them for being models that can inspire other Minnesota businesses to pursue international trade.”. “I

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IECC Report Shows Warming Climate Across U.S.

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Though environmental changes like those shown on the 2021 IECC climate zone map affect everyone living in warming regions, a hotter climate also has serious implications for homeowners, builders, and manufacturers, says Energy Vanguard. It no longer has any counties in climate zone 7. The big warming changes are in the upper Midwest.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The wind boom in Texas was assisted by the expansion of the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones and expedited transmission grid construction. and has four plants in Minnesota. The current RPS provisions require 5,880 MW of renewable energy by 2015. This month, the U.S.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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of employment in its biotech sector, anchored by its world-class research institutions, including the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. The city has created two Tax Increment Financing Districts with a third in process, to expand the municipal infrastructure to industrial and commercial zones.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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Shovel-ready certification is becoming popular nationally,” said John Rhodes, a leading national site-location consultant with Moran, Stahl & Boyer of Lakewood Ranch, FL who worked with the State of Minnesota on its Shovel Ready Program. Named the most industrially diverse MSA in the country by Economic Modeling Services, Inc.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs.

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