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Goal: Create 40,000 jobs in Washington – Commerce chief asks what state can do to encourage private investment

January 16, 2010 /

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Business opportunities in Asia, software development and clean energy are three broad areas the Washington state Department of Commerce plans to focus on growing in coming years, says director Rogers Weed.

Speaking to business leaders Friday in a Chancellor’s Lecture at Washington State University Vancouver, Weed laid out his goals for the state’s economy and budget in the next biennium.

In addition to outlining the department’s newly developed strategy for job creation, Weed announced his overarching mission to transition the responsibility of economic recovery from the public to the private sector.

In all, the Department of Commerce has set a goal to create 40,000 new jobs in the state as a result of this strategy. That number falls far short of the roughly 154,000 jobs lost statewide in the past year due to the recession.

By Libby Tucker
Columbian Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jan/16/40000-new-jobs-in-washington-commerce-chief-asks/

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