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Construction Sectors Explained

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Retail is always a fast changing division and as such renovation construction work can be a regular source of income for many Firms. Civil construction includes things like roadways, damns, railroads, bridges and anything that can be defined as infrastructure. Residential Construction Sector.

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Port of South Louisiana: Your Key to the World

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The Port offers access to four Class I railroads and two airports: the Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) within a 15-minute commute and Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY) only a 30-minute drive away in Kenner. billion in income, $14.4 Regionally, the Port contributes $1.8 billion in revenue, and $72.5

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STATE FOCUS: Kansas Focuses On The All-Around

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The state recognizes that small businesses are critical to the economy and recently eliminated income taxes for many small organizations. In addition, the state offers a payroll withholding tax retention program and sales tax exemptions and recently lowered personal income taxes. railroad miles. percent of all U.S.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Rail Industrial Access Program: Helps connect businesses to freight rail service by funding the construction or improvement of railroad tracks and facilities to serve industrial or commercial sites where freight rail service is currently needed or anticipated in the future. TAX INCENTIVES. Worker Retraining Tax Credit.

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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Economic Development Fund: The new FastTrack Economic Development Fund expands Tennessee’s current FastTrack infrastructure and job training program by providing additional grant support for companies expanding or locating in Tennessee with reimbursable grants made to local industrial development boards. FINANCING & GRANTS.

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

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That infrastructure, combined with an affordable, qualified workforce and a favorable business climate, make the state an ideal location for businesses wanting to easily move bulk commodities and consumer goods. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. In Arkansas, you will find: 1,000 miles of navigable waterways.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Virginia’s High-Tech Economy Keeps Growing

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It is a right-to-work state, has a fixed 6 percent corporate income tax rate and has one of the lowest average workers’ compensation costs and unemployment burdens in the U.S., a leading global provider of managed IT infrastructure services, recently expanded its operations in Culpeper. From the July/August 2012 issue.