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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. The Utah Film Commission says 2015 was a blockbuster year for movie makers in Utah.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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percent increase from 2011, remaining at 8.5 percent increase over 2011 levels. The Decatur airport provides another important transportation option; with runways of 8,500 feet in length and 150 feet wide the airport is capable of handling large freight carrying aircraft. Spending in the U.S. trillion in 2012, a 3.4

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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Plus, metro Atlanta is a digital supply chain leader as home to the world’s busiest and most efficient airport and a destination with an easily accessible port. John Hickenlooper created the Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) in 2011 to promote collaboration among Colorado’s private, public and academic organizations. Former Gov.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. Pauken is the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. The Lone Star State was named 2011’s leading exporting state for the tenth year in a row (according to data released by the U.S.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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The organization is a not-for-profit partnership between the University of Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Salford Clinical Commissioning Group. Due to the close proximity of the research centers and universities, the city is able to draw on a large talent pool. 30 of these came from the United States.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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After more than 18 years of planning, work finally began in late January on a new, 8,000-foot-long runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Runway 9R-27L, located on the south side of the airport and running parallel to Griffin Road, is now being rehabilitated and lengthened. million passengers annually.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Pennsylvania went from importing 75 percent of its natural gas requirements in 2007 to becoming a net exporter of natural gas in 2011; PA is now the second-largest natural gas producing state in the United States. A 2009 study commissioned by the State of Utah has identified 2,166 MW of geothermal potential existing with the state.