Regional Economic Development

Rural areas have a higher percentage of elderly residents. Their quality of life depends on what local governments can scrounge and what local volunteers can give.

Nevada had the highest net small business creation rate at 5.2 per cent, followed by Florida (4.7 per cent) and Utah (4.5 per cent). They are followed in order by Idaho, Montana, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Arizona, and Delaware, which shows a diverse geographic pattern of entrepreneurial success across the United States.

More than three decades after the loan program was created, USDA officials still don’t know whether it works.

The Canadians are coming .. again

It will continue to have offices in Utah, New Mexico and Idaho.

“If you decide an economic de-velopment goal is to build great public schools, it will drive your community in ways you would never believe.”

National wildlife refuges more than make up for their cost to taxpayers by returning about $4 in economic activity for every $1 the government spends, according to a federal study released Tuesday.

Because with the demand for jobs comes the demand for housing, and, in a time of rising energy costs and rising house prices (especially in the Seattle area), workers will only drive so far to qualify for a house before they begin to look elsewhere, to more competitive places, to places that have begun to attack the affordable housing problem.

The governor believes the lack of high-speed Internet connections is inhibiting job growth, education and economic expansion in rural areas.

“Our role as angels is really the first round,” Villalobos said. “If we succeed and get that venture to execute…then getting VC funding is no problem.”