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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Arizona offers one of the lowest costs of doing business in the United States, primarily because of low taxes and small state government. Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. percent, here the number is only 8.4

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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Paul International Airport. WFSI, a Sauk Rapids company that does customized welding projects for the energy and defense industries, is adding 32 new jobs in that central Minnesota community. MSP International Airport offers non-stop flights to 114 U.S. to Bloomington, near the Minneapolis-St.

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

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million office building will be funded by the State of Louisiana ($14.8 CPRT will secure private financing for the residential building, which will also be an asset of the WMF. automotive industry, the United States (10.3 totals benefit from production at Japanese transplants in the United States.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The Memphis International Airport is home to the FedEx Superhub. The I-69 Corridor serves industry clusters including automotive, defense, aerospace, medical devices and green technology. The Corridor is home to a Next Michigan Development Corporation (NMDC), a state designation from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

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

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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Little Rock no. Dassault Falcon Jet, the region’s top manufacturing employer and the French company’s largest facility in the world, renewed its lease at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport through 2040. 1 of America’s 10 Great Places to Live in August 2013.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Every state in the nation is struggling with the critical need to repair and replace dilapidated infrastructure. Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country.

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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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