FLORIDA
- Amazon confirmed second Jacksonville
fulfillment center and additional 1,000 full-time
jobs, Financial Buzz (January 4,
2017)
With the announcement of the second fulfillment center in Jacksonville it will create an additional 1,000 full-time jobs, bringing the current footprint in Jacksonville to 2,500 jobs.
GEORGIA
- The Gold Standard: How Georgia wins a fourth
consecutive top business climate billing, Site Selection
Magazine (November 2016)
Georgia's fourth consecutive win illustrates the strength of the US South as a destination for corporate expansion.
- Georgia bank CEO bullish on state's movie
industry, Atlanta Business Chronicle (December 29,
2016)
SouthCrest Financial Group Inc.'s subsidiary bank, SouthCrest Bank, reported it closed a special loan under the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act to support a new comedy, "The Divorce Party" which just completed filming in Savannah.
KENTUCKY
- New division for apprenticeships formed,
USAgnet.com (January 3, 2017)
In September Governor Bevin and the Labor Cabinet launched the "Kentucky Trained Kentucky Built." initiative as part of an ongoing effort to rebrand and promote apprenticeships.
NATIONAL
- Change is refreshing. Predictability is too.,
Site Selection Magazine (January 2017)
The latest edition of the annual 50-state guide - Updates on economic development laws, leaders, policies, incentives and projects.
OREGON
- Oregon audit critiques some tax breaks,
The Columbian (January 2, 2017)
A new state audit says Oregon economic development agency needs to do a better job evaluating the tax incentives it uses to attract businesses to the state and be more transparent about their results.
RHODE ISLAND
- Tech complex developers get $20M in state
incentives, SFGate (December 13, 2016)
Developers of a proposed technology innovation building in Providence have been awarded more than $20 million in state incentives.
VIRGINIA
- McAuliffe to introduce legislation to strengthen
Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Washington
Business Journal (December 12, 2016)
Governor Terry McAuliffe said he will introduce legislation at the 2017 General Assembly session to reform for the organization that promotes and supports economic developments in Virginia.
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