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Location Focus: Washington – Scenic Vistas And Soaring Industry Side By Side

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Washington dodged a huge bullet at the end of 2013 when it persuaded Boeing (with nearly $8 billion in tax credits) to renew its commitment to the keep manufacturing in the state. We cannot overstate what this meant for aerospace and the state of Washington,” Gov. The parts are moved by barge to the Mt. Photo: seattle.gov.).

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Washington Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Washington economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Export Voucher Program: The Washington State Department of Commerce’s Export Voucher program, funded in part by the U.S. See [link] for guidelines. W Fund: The W Fund, an $18.5

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Minnesota Couple is Building a Straw Bale House

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The two had been planning to construct a passive home for years and were waiting for city zoning code to comply. Working with their architects and city planners, they eventually applied for a cluster development permit.

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June 26 or Bust

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The Port Authority of NY and NJ, which operates one of the nation’s busiest ports, is working non-stop to complete a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to a height that will permit Post-Panamax vessels to travel under it. Gulf Coast more than two weeks faster than they would going east through the Suez Canal.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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Washington, DC, offers an inclusionary zoning program that allows residential developers to build more units than would normally be permitted as long as eight to 10% of those units are affordable. Suburban patterns [that require cars] make more financial demands, more time demands, and more stress on everyone,” he says.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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The Port of Everett is located in Snohomish County, which is at the heart of the Washington Aerospace Manufacturing Community, the world’s largest and most robust aerospace cluster. In 2014, aviation-related commodities made up over $43 billion of exports through Washington. The parts are moved by barge to the Mt.

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Open Borders

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They’ve become proponents of a regional tech zone spanning the border; they’ve even got a name for it: the Cascadia Innovation Corridor (a name derived from the Cascade mountain range that cuts through the U.S.-Canada Canada border). What’s not to like about that?

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