Regional Economic Development

Reducing energy costs has made building a greener data center the environmental grail of the tech industry.

“Too many states were too eager to add programs and increase spending during the good times,
but we now face very difficult choices,” said Indiana Senator Jim Buck, Chairman of ALEC’s
Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force. “While we need to make tough choices to live within our
means, we also need to remain focused on policies that foster economic development and job
growth as the best solution to our budget woes.”

SSTI is looking for programs that have specific and measurable outcomes; serve as a model that can be replicated; demonstrate effective partnerships and leadership; and illustrate effective approaches and stand out among others in its field.

The article reveals some deeply unhealthy (and widespread) assumptions of what rural life should be like in order to be considered successful.

“We are very concerned that we could lose a generation of technology companies because venture funds can’t raise additional capital,” said Jim Jaffe, President/CEO of NASVF. “The results of the survey were very disturbing and show that Congress and the President need to act quickly before hundreds of millions of already invested dollars and high paying quality jobs are lost.”

All development comes at a cost.

Science, technology, and innovation experts in the United States today almost unanimously agree that our country needs to launch a collective national effort to accelerate U.S. technological- and innovation-based growth. The United States stands almost alone in the world without a national innovation framework.

Collaborative networks of small towns across the world are coming together to share knowledge and drive innovation, particularly when it comes to sustainable living.

For those who
unrelentingly strive for a vibrant and evergrowing
local economy.

“The key to sustainable economic development in Indian Country lies in how Native nations govern themselves,” said Begay, who is also co-director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. “Self-determination is the only policy that ever worked.”