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LOCATION FOCUS: Sooner or Later You’ll Choose Oklahoma

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Multi-modal transportation options—highway, rail, waterway and air—also provide easy global access. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Featured Post Location Focus Magazine Oklahoma U.S. MidAmerica is located in the geographic center of the U.S., population. The incubator is 8,400 sq.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Many of Arkansas’s port locations have railway connections that provide a smooth transition for various modes of transportation and quick delivery. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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percent and transportation and warehousing which grew by 3.8 Industry leaders from across the country and around the world will find a perfect trifecta in Taylor County: large tracts of land approved for development, quick access to a wide range of multi-modal transportation solutions and an outstanding quality of life.

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Louisiana: Where Partnerships Propel Innovation and Investment

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The company’s selection of Lafayette, Louisiana, for production of its new 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter reflected Lafayette’s status as a major energy transportation hub. Bell Helicopter ’s choice of Lafayette heralded a new era for aircraft assembly in Louisiana.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Stafford County – Where Connectivity And Opportunity Intersect

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Stafford County has put a high priority on investments in infrastructure, including high-speed broadband as well as traditional transportation projects. Leases range from 5,000 square feet to complete buildings. The tenant mix includes a mixture of national and international high-tech and defense related businesses.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. We’ll give China the benefit of the doubt that they’re not counting troop transports for the People’s Liberation Army as well as new cars for a growing middle class,” Rogers said.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7