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GOVERNOR STEIN ANNOUNCES JETZERO SELECTS NORTH CAROLINA FOR $4 BILLION AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING HUB, CREATING 14,500 JOBS IN GUILFORD COUNTY IN LARGEST JOB COMMITMENT IN STATE HISTORY
Innovative aviation company to build first commercial all-wing jet
Raleigh, NC – Governor Josh Stein announced JetZero…
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Prince William County (Va.) Opens Science Accelerator
The accelerator is Northern Virginia’s only public-private facility with commercially available wet laboratories.
The Prince William Science Accelerator opened in June and formally welcomed its first tenant, ISOThrive LLC (ISOThrive), a startup life sciences company. Prince William County is located less than 20 miles from the nation’s…

Bell Helicopter and Northeast State’s Innovative Educational Initiative
Bell Helicopter Piney Flats and Northeast State Community College in Blountville, Tenn., announce they are collaborating to develop the next generation of aircraft technicians and aviation professionals. Bell Helicopter’s training instructors will act in an advisory capacity to the college regarding aviation-related course content. In addition, the team…

ITIF Releases 2014 State New Economy Index
The 2014 State New Economy Index measures how states and regions are performing in the new economy, which is marked by globalization, technological innovation and entrepreneurial development, replacing the capital-intensive, traditional manufacturing environment that dominated state economies in the second half of the 20th century.
The index also offers…

Survey Grades Top States for Small Business
Small business owners grade their states for business friendliness.
Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, recently released the third annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that small business owners in Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana gave their states the highest rating for friendliness…

LAN Cargo Expands in Miami
The Beacon Council announces the expansion of LAN Cargo, the creation of 300 new jobs and $15 million in new capital investment within five years.
“For LATAM Airlines Group, investing in a sustainable presence that benefits the economies and communities where our employees and customers live and work is a…