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Arkansas: Creating Competitive Communities

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A new Competitive Communities Initiative in Arkansas aims to make locations across the state even more attractive for new and expanding businesses. Read: Arkansas: Creating Competitive Communities at BusinessFacilities.com.

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March / April 2016 Issue (Volume 49, Number 2)

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The Aerospace Industry – Gaining Altitude | While the performance of the aerospace and defense industry has been less than stratospheric in recent years, it looks as if job creation in this key sector is ready to soar to old heights.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The $600-million Institute already is well on its way to establishing the region as a national hub for producing next generation integrated photonics, a light science with the potential to transform communications, medicine and national defense, and could create thousands of jobs. agriculture, construction, gambling, healthcare and retail).

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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eStockIt.com in Hollywood is an online retailer of restaurant, janitorial and office supplies. Competitive wages and Arkansas’ right-to-work environment provide an excellent workforce environment for businesses. The airport attracts passengers from a large part of Arkansas, as well as a number of surrounding states.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES: University Based Research and Development – An eligible business that contracts with one or more Arkansas colleges or universities in performing research may qualify for a 33 percent income tax credit for qualified research expenditures. Use Tax Exemption – on qualifying equipment purchased out-of-state.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ARKANSAS – updated for 2014. Create Rebate Program: An incentive that may be offered at the discretion of the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission in highly competitive situations, it provides annual cash payments based on a company’s annual payroll for new, full-time, permanent employees. TAX INCENTIVES.

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