Regional Economic Development

A real leader cares what his or her people think, that they are happy in their jobs, that they feel pride in themselves and satisfaction in knowing that, whatever their particular job may be, that they are important and that they are making a difference.

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"If you don’t guide the future, it simply happens to you,"

"Governors understand that competition is now based on the ability of firms and individuals to innovate, exploit indigenous strengths or existing clusters and build knowledge-based activity." said John Thomasian, director of the NGA Center. "They are utilizing the skills of the workforce and the capacity for innovation to enhance states’ ability to compete in the world marketplace."

Andy Dale, a partner at Seattle venture capital firm Buerk Dale Victor, said that OVP’s success is "further validation that the Northwest is a great place to invest."

“In 1989, we took the funds that we had been spending on recruiting in new businesses and decided to spend them on local businesses, in helping them to grow.”

Warmest congratulations to the Staff and Board of the RCEDA and the entrepreneurs and business professionals of Ravalli County. You’ve made Montana proud by your example.

DaimlerChrysler called the ruling ”a big win for America” and said Congress and the states should seek legislation to reinforce the ability to use tax incentives as a tool to compete for investment and jobs.

That’s how the city leaders planned it, starting in the late 1970s. They wanted to create jobs to keep the city from becoming only a bedroom community and to put homes near jobs to cut down on commute times. They demanded large landscaped buffers around the plants.

Eight California concerns visited Inland Northwest, recruiter Bob Potter says