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Repeatable, supportive housing for the unhoused

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Also known as Central City East, the 50 square blocks of Skid Row have long been home to Los Angelenos with the least. Named for the “skid roads” built to transport logs along muddy streets, Skid Row saw an influx of transient immigrant men arrive in Los Angeles during the mid-19th century.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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Mormon missionaries established this adobe-brick fort in Nevada at the midpoint between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles in 1855 but abandoned it during the Utah War. Kittson was an important fur trader, steamboat proprietor, and railroad entrepreneur in the Pembina County and Red River area of North Dakota.

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

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Major maritime shipping hubs including Los Angeles/Long Beach, Seattle/Tacoma and Oakland are ready to service the huge post-Panamax containers. Rail freight facilities in Los Angeles are being upgraded to make the turnaround times even faster. The Bayonne Bridge was the world’s longest steel-arch bridge for 45 years.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Barstow is strategically situated midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Barstow is where an eclectic mix of railroad, military, high technology, and mining employers have located. Barstow is a major transportation corridor that serves more than 60 million travelers and 19 million vehicles each year.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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The realignment of the original transcontinental railroad crosses Churchill County and is serviced by both Union Pacific and BNSF. If Nevada brings to mind the flashing neon of The Strip, Henderson is the quiet relaxation and abundant recreation at Lake Las Vegas.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Recently you may have heard that Indianapolis International Airport is offering daily nonstop flights to both Los Angeles and San Francisco. The City of Tell City hosts the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA), which operates the Hoosier Southern Railroad connecting the Tell City River Port to the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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It would offer Texas with long-term access to a Pacific deep water port that is approximately 500 miles closer and much less expensive than the Port of Los Angeles. For companies requiring rail, Greenville can be accessed by virtually every major railroad line.

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