The Best States For Business
Washington state made the headlines for moving up to third place in Forbes.com rankings of the Best States for Business
Last year, Washington and its culture of innovation was Forbes’ big story when we moved from 12th to 5th place.
To find out more about Forbes Rankings of the Best States for Business click on the links below:
Complete Forbes.com story
Governor Gregoire’s announcement about Forbes.com ranking
Transform Your City
The first part of the audio clip is a talk by Ned Hill Vice President of Economic Development- Cleveland State University. The second part of the audio clip is a talk by James Corner and Laura Adams from Shelby Farms Park- Memphis, Tennessee.
Highlights:
- 50% of economic development is leadership
- Economic development is the ability to connect the dots that no one else sees
- Build on the assets of your community - history- talent- youth
- Build an economy on kids that are creative and innovative
- Know the numbers, work with others with similar passions
- Talent tomorrow starts with internships today- creating a job ladder
- There needs to be design culture- an exchange of ideas-
- University- community partnership-
Port Townsend appears in NY Times
Old Port Town’s Appeal Reaches Beyond Northwest
Jeanne and Kevin Clark bought a vacation home in Nevada City, Calif., about 20 years ago. They had planned to relocated to Nevada City, a historic gold-rush town northeast of Sacramento, after their careers as high school teachers in Southern California.
But when they visited their former hideaway a few years ago, they realized it had become too smoggy and too overcome by traffic, not the quaint town they had originally bought into.
“So we went looking for another place, and we looked all around between Anacortes and Port Angeles” on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, Kevin Clark said. “We decided Port Townsend was the best place in the whole area.”
“So we went looking for another place, and we looked all around between Anacortes and Port Angeles” on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, Kevin Clark said. “We decided Port Townsend was the best place in the whole area.”