Regional Economic Development

The report defines the Rockies as Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.

"The idea is that the nation takes what it wants, like energy resources, timber and vacation housing, and leaves behind a mess, including abandoned mines, devastated forests and second-home, cold-bed communities," the authors of the report wrote in a preview of this year’s edition, to be unveiled at a conference in Colorado Springs next week.

The danger in some of these success stories is that everyone tries to imitate them, to the point of quaintification of every small-town downtown as a sort of theme park.

Salem has been identified as one of the top three cities its size likely to attract the "cultural creatives" over the next decade. State capitals with universities have been labeled the "perfect storm" of development potential by the Urban Land Institute.

We conducted our first Boot Camp in Tuscola, IL. Hear what they had to say. "Made the issues clear and helped us find solutions." "It became apparent that this had to happen." "Builds unity and provides encouragement." "Helps to channel energies from various units of community in a common goal." Intensive but well worth what you reap." "Finally, I feel good we’re moving in the right direction."

Your state has an enviable history of increasing economic success. However, as with every success, there is room to improve through increased global visibility. The world is getting flatter every day through technology. A Technology…

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On the countless occasions when California’s social climate seemed crazier than most could bear, even more found new homes in the mountains. From Coeur D’Alene to Bozeman, Sedona to Santa Fe, every third person once lived in California.

Research and technology development play central roles to the strategy.

Successful regions can generally point to a handful of companies or research institutions that have spawned whole generations of new companies.