"We saw a lot of waterfront property being bought and smaller homes being torn down and replaced by million dollar mansions during the dot-com boom, " explains Sara Young , economic development manager at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.

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More recently, realizing the need to work together rather than compete, Diadema and the other municipal governments in the industrial region of the MRSP, home to many favelas, have set up both a Regional Chamber and an Agency for Economic Development made up of municipal and state government officials, unions, businesspeople and civil society.

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It then started negotiations with the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

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Leading his party's debate in the chamber, Mr Davies called on the development of a transport infrastructure and specifically the improvement of the road between Cardiff and the airport to attract more air passengers.

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David Marshall, a vice president at the Greensboro Partnership, which was formed in 2005 from the merger of Greensboro Economic Development Alliance, Action Greensboro, and the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, says the Partnership has developed a strategic plan that focuses on transforming Greater Greensboro from a traditional manufacturing-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

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But some traders and the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) have said there is not enough demand for a development of this size.

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Dual chamber pacing in SND is also favored over single chamber ventricular pacing (VVI), as it has been shown to reduce the risk of development of atrial fibrillation and the symptoms of pacemaker syndrome.

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In addition, he urged lawmakers to raise the current cap on employment-based visas, or "green cards, " and he called on Congress to renew the now-expired research and development tax credit--something that business groups such as the National Association of Manufacturers and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have also pushed for.

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