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Central Indiana

Investment and R&D tax creditsWorkforce training grants

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Certification program for technology parks

Indianapolis International Airport4000+ miles of rail

Charleston, SC

5% corporate income taxTax credits for corporate headquarters

Site inventory availableForeign trade zone sites

ThinkTEC

Charleston International Airport6 executive airports

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

No personal or corporate income taxesNo state property taxes

Metroplex industrial real estate market

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DFW International AirportDallas Area Rapid Transit

Great Falls, MT

Workforce training grantsFast-track site permits

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Great Falls International AirportFederal Express regional hub

Hampton Roads, VA

No local income or payroll taxes

Site inventory available

Hampton Roads Technology IncubatorNorfolk biotech incubator

Norfolk International AirportPort of Hampton Roads

Irvine, CA

No inventory taxes

Irvine Spectrum technology park

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John Wayne Airport

Michigan

34 tax-free zones

Site database includes 5000 locations

Certification program for industrial business parks

Detroit Metropolitan AirportFerry services on 20 routes

Missouri

Industrial infrastructure grants5-year decreasing utilities discounts

Foreign trade zone sites

Fort Leonard Wood Technology ParkCenter for Emerging Technologies

International airports in Kansas City and St. Louis

Northeast Florida

No personal income or inventory taxesEnterprise zone incentives

100,000+ acres of vacant land

Three business park incubators

Jacksonville International Airport3 deep-water ports

Pittsburgh

Risk capital for early-stage technology companies

Site database includes 1200 locations

More than 25 incubation programs

Pittsburgh International AirportSecond-largest inland port in the U.S.

Snohomish County, WA

No personal or corporate income taxesNo unitary or inventory taxes

20+ business and industrial parks

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Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSix county airports

South Coast, MA

Low-interest loansPrepermitted sites

Site inventory available

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth incubator

Boston Logan International AirportT.F. Green Airport (Warwick, RI)

Central Indiana

Ball State UniversityIndiana UniversityPurdue University

20% of residents hold undergraduate degreesTechnology Enhancement Certification for HoosiersSkills 2016 program

Medical devices: 6418Pharma: 19,257

Charleston, SC

Clemson UniversityMedical University of South Carolina

2000+ science and technical degrees granted annuallyThe Center for Accelerated Technology Training

Medtech: 2000+

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

University of North Texas Health Science CenterUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

4500+ public university doctorates granted in past decade

Medical devices: 6153

Great Falls, MT

Benefis Healthcare Research HospitalMcLaughlin 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: 6719Medical devices: 615

Irvine, CA

University of California at Irvine Medical Center

25% of residents hold graduate degrees58% of residents hold undergraduate degrees

Biosciences: 15,000

Michigan

48 independent universities and colleges15 public universities18 technical education centers

200+ life sciences doctorates granted annually800+ bioscience degrees granted annually

Life sciences: 32,000

Missouri

Kansas City Area Life Sciences InstituteStowers Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of Kansas Medical Center

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Life sciences, pharma: 16,361Medical devices: 8032

Northeast Florida

Mayo ClinicSt. Vincent's Medical SystemsUniversity of Florida

18,000+ students graduate from area colleges annuallyQuick Response Training program

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Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Life Sciences GreenhouseUniversity of Pittsburgh

1200+ science degrees granted in 20014200+ healthcare degrees granted in 2001

Biotech, life sciences, pharma: 6742Medical devices: 8106

Snohomish County, WA

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterUniversity of Washington Medical CenterWashington State University

10.5% of residents hold graduate degrees21.5% of residents hold undergraduate degrees

Life sciences: 6800

South Coast, MA

University of Massachusetts DartmouthCaritas Saint Anne's HospitalSouthCoast Hospitals Group

The SouthCoast Education Compact program

Biotech, life sciences, pharma: 500Medical devices: 1200