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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. The law opens up much more territory to these operations, which had only been permitted in areas zoned for industry. Oftentimes, this is not the case.

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Airbnb Challenger WhyHotel Scores $20M For Luxury Room Rentals

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The company has properties in Seattle, Houston, Arlington and Tysons Corner, Virginia. To address this, we are accelerating innovative real estate offerings for consumers and developers alike.”. WhyHotel said it will use the capital injection to extend into additional markets.

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Blue Apron Sheds Customers, Eyes Brick-and-Mortar Push

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Following an assessment of our operational structure in light of this progress, we identified an opportunity to further optimize our processes by transferring a substantial portion of our production volume from our Arlington, Texas facility to our largest and most efficient facility in Linden, New Jersey.”.

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Cities Partner With Apps To Create Their Own Ridesharing Services

PYMNTS

The city of Arlington, Texas, located just outside Dallas, for example, had a single bus route — and discovered that most of its riders were students at the University of Texas branch there. So, late last year, Arlington voted to end the route and replaced it with a ridesharing service in December. Like a few communities in the U.S.,

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

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The community bank uses the Entrepreneurial Operating System, commonly known as EOS Traction, to keep departmental efforts aligned. Michael Bartkoski, executive vice president and chief operating officer, NBKC Bank. Michael Bartkoski, executive vice president and chief operating officer NBKC Bank. Gateway First Bank. Assets: $1.04