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ALABAMA
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AT&T Fiber could be a boon for Birmingham, Birmingham
Star (November 18, 2016)**
AT&T is rolling out fiber internet in Birmingham and some of its surrounding communities. Business and civic leaders say this will boost the areas competitiveness in the recruitment world.
CALIFORNIA
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Why bay area tech companies are migrating to San Diego,
Bisnow (November 17, 2016)
San Diego now ranks in the top 10 metro areas nationally for startups and fourth statewide.
COLORADO
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Companies considering Colorado growth get state incentives,
Denver Business Journal (November 17, 2016)
The Colorado Economic Development Commission offered $7.5 million in incentives to three companies considering bringing more than 800 combined jobs to Colorado.
GEORGIA
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How UPS' new $400 million logistics hub will revitalize
Atlanta's industrial heart, Atlanta Business
Chronicle (November 18, 2016)
UPS' ground package hub is expected to attract a constellation of auto suppliers, industrial and aircraft parts manufacturers, consumer packaged goods companies and retailers.
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Sonoco investing $20M in packaging center to support Duracell,
Atlanta Business Chronicle (December 5, 2016)
Sonoco is investing $20 million in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell's new North America battery packaging operation near Atlanta.
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Georgia DOR amends jobs tax credit rule,
TaxAnalysts.com (December 8, 2016)**
The Georgia Department of Revenue has amended a job tax credit rule to conform to recently enacted legislation by removing the requirement that the average wage of the new jobs created must be above the average wage of the county that has the lowest average wage of any county in the state.
NATIONAL
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New solar, wind competitive leasing program to start for US public
lands, Renewable Energy World (November 15 2016)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finalized a rule that creates a new competitive leasing process and incentives for solar and wind energy development on public lands.
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Sustainability is the hallmark of data center location and
innovation, Site Selection Magazine (November
2016)
Site Selection's Conway Projects Database has tracked 368 data center facility investments around the world.
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Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development
Report, Taxnotes.com (November 2016)
Interim report to the 85th Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA
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Snyder's-Lance seeks incentives for 130-job, $38M NC
expansion, Triangle Business Journal (November 28,
2016)
Snyder's-Lance will go before the Charlotte City Council to ask for incentives for a 130-job, $38 million expansion as its recent acquisitions have boosted the company's growth.
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NC recruiter refers to HB2 as factor in loss of CoStar,
Charlotte Business Journal (December 1, 2016)
Real Estate firm CoStar chooses Virginia over North Carolina.
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Biopharma company expanding, moving to American Tobacco campus,
Triangle Business Journal (December 5, 2016)
Roivant Sciences Ltd. is beefing up its Durham presence, increasing head count and office space.
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How will Gov. Pat McCrory's term be remembered?, The
News & Observer (December 5, 2016)
Governor Pat McCrory will be remembered for many things including a $2 billion bond referendum that voters approved in March for repairs and expansions to parks, universities and infrastructure across the state.
OHIO
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Georgia-Pacific to invest $18 million in Ohio plant,
Atlanta Business Chronicle (December 5, 2016)
Atlanta-based manufacturer is adding to its West Chester, Ohio plant, kicking in an $18 million capital investment and adding 29 jobs under a tax credit agreement with the state of Ohio.
PENNSYLVANIA
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Philadelphia's transformative waterfront campus, Site
Selection Magazine (November 2016)
In Philadelphia, a former Navy yard springs to life with the life sciences industry.
SOUTH CAROLINA
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Patheon to acquire site in South Carolina, Triangle
Business Journal (November 28, 2016)
Durham-based Patheon has agreed to acquire a pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturing facility in Florence, South Carolina.
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Future of economic development relies on 'Landing Pad'
strategies, Upstate Business Journal (November 30,
2016)
The South Carolina Department of Commerce and its allies aim to welcome established overseas companies looking to enter the American market.
TEXAS
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Bettencourt bill to curb property tax growth draws critics,
Houston Chronicle (November 29, 2016)
Texas evaluates property and rollback taxes' impact on economic development.
VIRGINIA
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Virginia Economic Development Partnership names Louisiana leader as
next chief, Washington Business Journal (November 28,
2016)
Stephen Moret, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, will serve as the next president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
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Righting the ship?, Virginia Business (November 30,
2016)
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership is poised for an overhaul.
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