Regional Economic Development

Most communities that lose business afterward lick their wounds and walk away, as Putnam County plans to do. But in Galesburg, some people have decided to take a stand, and it has split this community, showing the challenges of fighting back against a corporation.

"We are going to be able to look across our membership and see how we can serve them better," said Denise Brown, executive director of the Colorado BioScience Association. "We will not be so much in silos."

Simply put, regional governance is about how public
and private leaders work together to build new economic
engines that can compete in globalizing markets.

Rural states such as Montana have a lot to offer companies looking to outsource white-collar support services for the insurance, financial, medical and information technology fields, say local and national experts on the subject.

While the local economy is recovering, the job base remains diminished. Washington state still has not recovered nearly 30,000 of the jobs it lost during its recession. The new group wants to attract new jobs, not work already projected to arrive in the coming years.

"Every tax change will affect a
state’s competitive position relative to its neighbors,
as well as globally."

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Finding a target market and hitting it repeatedly is essential, they advised.

The Utah Board of Business and Economic Development on Thursday approved a $2.25 million incentive for the company to locate in the county.

"These projects will encourage real-world laboratories for innovation and provide models for other organizations as we move forward in developing an electronic health record."