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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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I-69: Logistics Cluster in the Heart of Michigan. The I-69 International Trade Corridor, which spans four counties in eastern Michigan, serves as a strategic commercial gateway between the midwestern U.S. Two Class 1 and one local railroad are important parts of the transportation system. Great Lakes U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100% of the project costs. ALABAMA - updated for 2014. They are: The Renewal Program.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. ThermoCalc, TIMET, Trumpf, Inc.,

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100 percent of the project costs. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Arkansas also has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline. States poised for major growth in wind energy in coming years include Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Michigan. So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No.

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Good Trouble—Necessary for Home Builders, Too

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Seeking meaningful change, University of Michigan faculty and students gather on Earth Day in 1970, hoping to ignite a new movement to end what they call “the war against the planet.” | Photo: courtesy U-M’s Bentley Historical Library / University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (CC by 2.0). .