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Open Borders

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There’s been a lot of heated rhetoric in the presidential campaign about illegal immigration and how to secure the border. Seattle and Vancouver, both burgeoning high-tech hubs, are engaged in an intense competition for the expansion dollars now being spent by tech giants like Microsoft who have long called the region home.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Boeing will add hundreds of additional employees to its Mesa operations as it moves some of its internal services from Seattle. Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs). Zoned mixed-use/commercial. Strong workforce within a 45 minute commute zone.

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

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The Port of Everett, 25 miles north of Seattle, has natural deep water access, on-dock rail with direct access to the BNSF main line and is an integral part of the aerospace logistics chain. The industrial park is zoned for heavy industry. 30 minutes to downtown Seattle. Some of its features include: Five minutes to I-5.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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The state also is home to leading manufacturers of all types of aircraft and aircraft components and one of the nation’s largest military, defense and homeland security industries. Florida is home to one of the nation’s largest defense and homeland security clusters and ranks in the top 5 states in Department of Defense contract awards.

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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. Mission Driven” A successful example of this approach is in Seattle, Wash.,

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Recent upgrades to the Port’s security system allow the Port to handle high-security shipments. As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. Zoned mixed-use/commercial. Strong workforce within a 45 minute commute zone.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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To facilitate collaboration across the four nodes and secure patient data, Farr Institute provides the physical and electronic infrastructure. One of LCSB’s most important strategic partnerships has been set up with the ISB in Seattle, WA. The LCSB aims to cement the link between systems biology and medical research.

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