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California’s Central Valley struggles with the need to accommodate its rapid growth while preserving its agricultural economic base. Great Valley Center’s Carol Whiteside Opines On Growth Strategies For The Central Valley (Thanks to Planetizen for…

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Building on the his first economic plan, Vermont Governor James Douglas has announced a second set of proposals to retain and create jobs in the state.

To make sure it benefits from the upturn, Ireland has a new strategy: compete for business not with the labor surplus and low costs of 10 years ago, but with brainpower and skills.

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and her advisors are steadily unveiling a new economic development strategy that is based on rebuilding cities, marketing the state’s skilled workforce as a competitive advantage, encouraging universities and their graduates to be more entrepreneurial, and conserving Michigan’s countryside and natural beauty.

Another entrepreneurial barrier that Brazil’s biotech industry faces is that almost all research is conducted in public universities. Creating private companies from public research is difficult and echoes the same sentiments voiced in European universities where the practice is disparaged in academic circles. To the more conservative sector of Brazilian society, the combination of private sector and academia is the equivalent of mixing religion and politics. Mr. Reinach disagrees. “I believe that we have to take the best of academia and use it in the real world.”

Business, academic and economic development leaders from the Research Triangle Region have agreed on eight technologies and a set of strategies to create jobs in both rural and urban areas for decades to come.

"90% said they had minimal knowledge of local opportunities"

"We’ve moved from a product-centric strategy to a consumer-centric strategy,"

Kansas Revitalization Plan Focuses on Tech-Based Economic Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’ statewide economic revitalization plan aims to boost tech-based economic development (TBED) in the state. Neil Ridley Social, Economic and Workforce Programs Division National Governors…