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Green Building Transactional Due Diligence

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If there is a single issue that arises most often as a surprise, although admittedly it is of only modest dollar impact, if at all, new owners have not been pleased to be learn after the fact that a multi year commitment to purchase green power was a credit achieved for LEED certification.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Tennessee Initiates Site Certification Program

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A clear path to acquiring or leasing the property must be identified and documented. Similarly, information about the site such as its zoning, surrounding land uses, previous uses, and proximity to the flood plain are all information important to establishing and communicating the character and condition of the site to a prospect.”.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. Since its inception in 2008, the program has recognized 47 active AdvantageSite locations in the state after meeting guidelines such as utility and environmental standards, size, zoning and accessibility.

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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. Generally these sites are leased. The public sites include: The two (2) ports and the municipal airport.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company.

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