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California-Based Logistics Company Picks Indiana

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From our central location to our world-class airports, interstates, railroads and waterways, Indiana is a state that works for logistics. Earlier this month, national retailer Kohl’s made news that it had begun renovations on a 937,000-square-foot distribution center in Plainfield, with plans to create 300 new full-time jobs.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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The Railroad sector was the big winner with a 15.3 There are networks with 120,000 miles of major railroads, more than 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways and more than 5,000 public-use airports. Low costs, trained labor, available sites and proximity to interstates and the eastern U.S. fuel consumption dropped.

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Bootstraps for Building

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When the industrial revolution unfolded in the 1830s, Allentown became the center of Pennsylvania’s iron industry and a railroad hub. Like many other older cities, a decades-long decline in manufacturing coupled with urban flight left the downtown populated by discount retail stores and pizza parlors.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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Maple Lodge Farms represents one of Brampton’s success stories, combining rich farming tradition, state-of-the-art, in-house processing technology and retail outlets, and exports throughout North America. These companies then process and package it for sale to retail and wholesale markets. million investment.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Among a number of benefits, this allows Brunswick County to provide industries fully developed shovel-ready sites at low or no cost. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. gateway where all six major Class-One North American railroads can interchange traffic. That’s 3,792 jobs, 6.35

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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According to site selection experts, logistics clusters are defined as an agglomeration of logistics activities in one geographic location. The second level of job creation in logistics clusters is the value-added activities like preparing promotional tagging for a retail display or repackaging inside a distribution center for efficiency.

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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Tennessee economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Railroad rolling stock and barges used in interstate commerce or outside the state are also exempt. FINANCING & GRANTS. Sales and Use Taxes: A 7% state sales tax plus a 1.5-2.75%