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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Kansas – Diversification From The Ground Up

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Highly skilled and educated workforce. SUNFLOWER COMMERCE PARK OPENS IN WICHITA, KS. Utilities, including power electrical and gas lines plus water and sewer lines, will be in place ready to connect with tenants. State tax incentives also help with continuing education and workforce training. Business-friendly policies.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. The potential of primary industries to generate secondary relocations/new facilities and indirect jobs also is considered.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The state’s largest city, Wichita, is known as the Air Capital of the World due to the prominent role it plays in aviation manufacturing. Wichita’s aviation manufacturers are supported by the National Center for Aviation Training and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research.

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