Rural Communities

“Without a skilled work force, it’s impossible to recruit new businesses and industries, and we were at risk of losing our existing businesses and industries,”

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“Their commitment, while small, now, is exciting to us. It helps us recruit additional companies because we can show greater clusters centered around technology,” said Finney, who referred to it as a Google effect for the Silicon Valley giant that opened an Ann Arbor office last year.

"It is important that public policy works to foster a broadly shared prosperity," Augare told lawmakers.

The advantages of innovation are often well within the reach of rural America.

"I’m hearing from more California baby boomers, ‘I need to get out,’"

"Clusters matter because a new business is more likely to find relevant professional advisers, sources of capital and suitable premises on its doorstep.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for Nampa," Long said. "It’s pretty rare that communities anywhere have the chance to attract high-quality jobs."

"The aging of the state’s population over the next decade suggest(s) the need for employers, elected officials, educators and workforce development specialist(s) to look to older workers as a source of labor supply to meet rising workforce requirements and to consider new ways of connecting those 55 and over to the state’s labor market."

By offering job security, flexibility and growth opportunities, mid-tier companies minimize IT turnover.