Away from Amazon

  • By Barry Friedman
  • | 10:00 a.m. March 20, 2015
  • Strategies
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Polk County, once known more for orange groves and phosphate mines than construction cranes, has touted its central location and local government incentives to attract new distribution buildings.

 

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