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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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Innovation districts consist of office space, residential buildings and mixed-use retail that converge with start-ups, business incubators, mass transit and university-based research to become the new centers of urban economies. WEDC focuses primarily on helping businesses start up, expand or relocate in Wisconsin.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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And while low costs and operational savings help the potential for profitability, the certification program has been adapted to place sustainability considerations at the forefront of planning and implementation. We have enjoyed calling Fitchburg, Wisconsin home of our company headquarters since 1966,” said CEO Dan Mohs.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Ackerstein Sustainability LLC.

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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Creating and sustaining jobs and workforce development is the central focus of Gov. More than 300 jobs are being created at the 100,000 square-foot facility, where employees will manufacture self-service point of sale terminals for retail and hospitality applications. Growing a High-Tech Workforce in Florida.

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Pulse: 07/23/2012

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Sustainability. The project entails constructing a nine-story building containing 375 apartments, a 50,000-sq-ft grocery store and a 599-space underground parking garage at 8300 Wisconsin Ave. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The incentive is available for non-retail businesses engaged in commerce for profit that fall into certain categories. Decrease, on a full fuel cycle basis, the overall impact and carbon footprint of alternative and renewable fuels and increase sustainability. The benefit depends on the tier in which the company locates.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. TAX INCENTIVES.

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