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Published: November 1, 2003
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Originally Published MX November/December 2003
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BUSINESS PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
| Location | Economic incentives | Facility space | Incubators | Transportation |
| Central Indiana | Investment and R&D tax credits Workforce training grants |
— | Certification program for technology parks |
Indianapolis International Airport 4000+ miles of rail |
| Charleston, SC |
5% corporate income tax Tax credits for corporate headquarters |
Site inventory available Foreign trade zone sites |
ThinkTEC | Charleston International Airport 6 executive airports |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX |
No personal or corporate income taxes No state property taxes |
Metroplex industrial real estate market |
— | DFW International Airport Dallas Area Rapid Transit |
| Great Falls, MT |
Workforce training grants Fast-track site permits |
— | — | Great Falls International Airport Federal Express regional hub |
| Hampton Roads, VA |
No local income or payroll taxes |
Site inventory available |
Hampton Roads Technology Incubator Norfolk biotech incubator |
Norfolk International Airport Port of Hampton Roads |
| Irvine, CA | No inventory taxes | Irvine Spectrum technology park |
— | John Wayne Airport |
| Michigan | 34 tax-free zones | Site database includes 5000 locations |
Certification program for industrial business parks |
Detroit Metropolitan Airport Ferry services on 20 routes |
| Missouri | Industrial infrastructure grants 5-year decreasing utilities discounts |
Foreign trade zone sites |
Fort Leonard Wood Technology Park Center for Emerging Technologies |
International airports in Kansas City and St. Louis |
| Northeast Florida | No personal income or inventory taxes Enterprise zone incentives |
100,000+ acres of vacant land |
Three business park incubators |
Jacksonville International Airport 3 deep-water ports |
| Pittsburgh | Risk capital for early-stage technology companies |
Site database includes 1200 locations |
More than 25 incubation programs |
Pittsburgh International Airport Second-largest inland port in the U.S. |
| Snohomish County, WA |
No personal or corporate income taxes No unitary or inventory taxes |
20+ business and industrial parks |
— | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Six county airports |
| South Coast, MA |
Low-interest loans Prepermitted sites |
Site inventory available |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth incubator |
Boston Logan International Airport T.F. Green Airport (Warwick, RI) |
| Research, educational, and workforce resources available to manufacturers in emerging U.S. medtech centers. All information provided by economic development agencies for the named regions. |
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| Location | Institutional Resources |
Workforce Education | Medtech Industry Employment |
| Central Indiana | Ball State University Indiana University Purdue University |
20% of residents hold undergraduate degrees Technology Enhancement Certification for Hoosiers Skills 2016 program |
Medical devices: 6418 Pharma: 19,257 |
| Charleston, SC |
Clemson University Medical University of South Carolina |
2000+ science and technical degrees granted annually The Center for Accelerated Technology Training |
Medtech: 2000+ |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX |
University of North Texas Health Science Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
4500+ public university doctorates granted in past decade |
Medical devices: 6153 |
| Great Falls, MT |
Benefis Healthcare Research Hospital McLaughlin Research Institute for Bio-Medical Sciences |
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| Hampton Roads, VA |
Eastern Virginia Medical School |
8% of residents hold graduate degrees |
Biotech, life sciences, pharma: 6719 Medical devices: 615 |
| Irvine, CA | University of California at Irvine Medical Center |
25% of residents hold graduate degrees 58% of residents hold undergraduate degrees |
Biosciences: 15,000 |
| Michigan | 48 independent universities and colleges 15 public universities 18 technical education centers |
200+ life sciences doctorates granted annually 800+ bioscience degrees granted annually |
Life sciences: 32,000 |
| Missouri | Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute Stowers Institute for Medical Research University of Kansas Medical Center |
— | Life sciences, pharma: 16,361 Medical devices: 8032 |
| Northeast Florida | Mayo Clinic St. Vincent's Medical Systems University of Florida |
18,000+ students graduate from area colleges annually Quick Response Training program |
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| Pittsburgh | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse University of Pittsburgh |
1200+ science degrees granted in 2001 4200+ healthcare degrees granted in 2001 |
Biotech, life sciences, pharma: 6742 Medical devices: 8106 |
| Snohomish County, WA |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center University of Washington Medical Center Washington State University |
10.5% of residents hold graduate degrees 21.5% of residents hold undergraduate degrees |
Life sciences: 6800 |
| South Coast, MA |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Caritas Saint Anne's Hospital SouthCoast Hospitals Group |
The SouthCoast Education Compact program |
Biotech, life sciences, pharma: 500 Medical devices: 1200 |
| Research, educational, and workforce resources available to manufacturers in emerging U.S. medtech centers. All information provided by economic development agencies for the named regions. |
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