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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

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It places extra emphasis on spurring development and private-sector job growth in new Garden State Growth Zones (GSGZ) identified in the legislation as the four lowest median family income cities in the state: Camden, Trenton, Passaic and Paterson. The new law builds on Christie’s commitment to revitalizing New Jersey’s cities.

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State Focus: Pennsylvania – Built To Advance

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In January 2014, Governor Corbett, Comcast Corporation and Liberty Property Trust announced the construction of Comcast Innovation and Technology Center in Center City Philadelphia, a $1.2 Hayne, Chairman, President & CEO of Urban Outfitters, founded the company in Philadelphia in 1970 and credits location with part of Urban’s success.

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Bootstraps for Building

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Founded in 1762 by William Allen, a wealthy shipping merchant and former mayor of Philadelphia, it’s the place where patriots hid the Liberty Bell from the British during the Revolutionary War. NIZ allows developers to use designated tax revenues to pay off bonds and loans issued for capital improvements in the specified zone.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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These areas are defined as counties outside of the Philadelphia MSA and those with populations below 1 million. 92) known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act (73 P.S. §§820.101- 820.1309) (the “Act”). . The number and size of Zones varies.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Over $100 million in investments are expected to be made by concerns adjacent to the arena, which could generate over 1,000 new jobs, new retail and significant quality of life enhancements. That research supports the trade shows and targeted retail and hospitality efforts of the city. The company $7.2-million

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. There were few interventions to the exterior of One City in the historic Philadelphia building’s conversion to residential.