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Frontier Secure Growing In Virginia

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Virginia successfully competed against Georgia, Kansas and South Carolina for the project, which will create up to 500 new jobs and represents a $10.9 Virginia Secretary of Commerce & Trade Maurice Jones announces Frontier Secure’s 500 new jobs for Wise County. Today is a great day for Southwest Virginia.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Virginia economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Economic Development Access Program: Administered by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it assists localities in providing adequate road access to new and expanding basic employers.

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Smyth County Machine Investing $2.1M In Virginia

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In Virginia at BusinessFacilities.com. The machining and fabrication company will add equipment, expand its product line and create 35 new manufacturing jobs in Smyth County. Read: Smyth County Machine Investing $2.1M

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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VIRGINIA’S TRADITION OF TRAINING. Virginia has a longstanding reputation as a workforce pioneer thanks to programs such as the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. For example, Virginia was awarded $6.9 Terry McAuliffe (left) congratulates Eldor Corp. Since VA Gov.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Currently, the Port of Baltimore and Port of Virginia (in Norfolk) are the only East Coast ports that can accommodate the large ships. The Port of Baltimore is one of only two East Coast ports, along with the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, now able to handle post-Panamax ships. PORT OF VIRGINIA: READY FOR POST-PANAMAX SINCE 2006.

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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It’s also massively multilingual with more than 130 languages spoken in the course of business every day and has a foreign trade zone and intermodal inland port. The Utah Film Commission says 2015 was a blockbuster year for movie makers in Utah. The Film Commission is looking at ways to accelerate this convergence.”.

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