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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent in 2015 and 2.4 percent in 2015 before easing to 3.4 Navy Federal Credit Union. Florida’s thriving financial and professional services industry is getting a boost from Navy Federal Credit Union, Verizon, Deutsche Bank and DTCC. And that “Upwardly revised payroll job growth year-over-year should average just 1.8

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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In 2015, Apple decided to put its $2 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. Zoned mixed-use/commercial.

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

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The office building is scheduled for completion by spring 2015 with the residential complex following in the summer. Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings. Rail access is provided by both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads, as well as several short-line railroads.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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The Director of Economic Development, Frank Fink will serve as the Parish guide to finding the right site, work through Zoning and Permitting issues and provide a complete set of regional demographic data and interpretation. The municipal airport offers 100 acres of light industrial zoned land and is just off the 4-lane highway in Patterson.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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SL Tennessee will begin construction in August 2014 with a goal of being fully operational by April 2015. billion Competitive Renewable Energy Zone transmission project (CREZ), capping nearly a decade of planning, upgrades and new construction along 3,600 miles of high-voltage transmission lines across central and West Texas.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. The value of shipments into zones totaled nearly $660 billion, compared with $798 billion the previous year.

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