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8 20 25 DEPARTMENTS 8 CORPORATE MOVES: MISSISSIPPI • Toyoda Gosei Set To Build in Batesville • Vuteq and Toyota Forge a Partnership • Oxford Wins Over Winchester • ADP Adds to Mississippi Tech Cluster 20 THE PALMETTO STATE REACHES ACROSS THE SEA South Carolina is casting economic development lines into international waters to reel in foreign business. 25 CORPORATE MOVES: TENNESSEE • Volkswagon Picks Chattanooga • Dyersburg Lands NSK of Japan 27 METRO SPOTLIGHT: SPOKANE, WA Spokane boasts a highly educated workforce, 90% of which has graduated from college. Its Community Empowerment Zone offers tax incentives to spur business investments. 56 UP, UP AND AWAY IN NORTH CAROLINA The Tarheel State’s aerospace and aviation industry is flying high, attracting high-caliber companies and creating well-paying jobs. 59 CORPORATE MOVES: WEST VIRGINIA • First Major U.S. Coals-to-Liquid Plant Slated for Benwood • ESSROC Plans $500 Million Upgrade in Martinsburg 61 METRO SPOTLIGHT: DECATUR/GREENSBURG, IN Nestled between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, Greensburg/Decatur County has everything going for it— good schools, safe streets and clean air. Home to a huge Honda auto plant, the county is actively courting other overseas businesses. 63 ADVERTISER INDEX 64 ASK THE EXPERT This month, the Expert tells you why a big project put on hold may not be a lost opportunity. 59 56 61 online BusinessFacilities.com Read Our Blog Did you know that: • There are 54 blocks of vacant office space begging for tenants in the heart of Manhattan? • The FDIC may need a loan to bail out failing banks? • Small business owners are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the federal government? You would know if you’d been keeping up with the Business Facilities Blog. Share your comments today: www.businessfacilities.com/blog Voice Your Opinion! Many MSAs across the nation have made a big push to lure foreign business to spur growth. Is your development effort international in scope? Take our online poll and let us know. @ Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa Huntington Beach, CA Nov. 9 – 11, 2008 “Business Facilities LiveXchange was a great event for us. This event allowed us to explore locations that we never would have considered and had even discounted.” —David Landsberger, President, Bel-Art Products Business Facilities LiveXchange is a FREE event for corporate executives who are responsible for choosing a new location for their company’s next move. www.BFLiveXchange.com 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com http://www.BFLiveXchange.com http://www.businessfacilities.com/blog http://www.BFLiveXchange.com

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Business Facilities- September 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves:�Mississippi Editor's Location Picks 2008 The Palmetto State Reaches Across the Sea Corporate Moves:�Tennessee Metro Spotlight:�Spokane, WA Biotech: Building Block for Development Wind Power Lifts Iowa Germany:�Europe's Economic Juggernaut California Here We Come Up, Up and Away in North Carolina Corporate Moves:�West Virginia Metro Spotlight:�Decatur/Greensburg, IN Advertiser Index Ask the Expert

Business Facilities - September 2008

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