Portland / Boston9 / Seattle / San Antonio / Newark / Halifax / /
Company
Solar World / Wal-Mart / Brookings / Iberdrola / Vestas / Puget / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
manufacturing bases / supply chain / transportation / Public training systems / bright shiny venture capital industries / piecemeal and retail ways / communications capacity / manufacturing / skilled workers and other specialized services / public systems / human capital solution / stronger referral network / manufacturing cluster / supply-chain networks / investment opportunities / workers and services / energy / on developing compelling investment opportunities / /
Organization
Brookings Institution / American American Progress Progress Action Action Fund Fund / Bureau Bureau / Workforce Investment Board / American Progress Action Fund / Congressional Congressional Budget Budget Office Office / /
Person
Norm Rice / /
Position
mayor / core driver of urban economic development / model for cluster-based economic development / human resources manager / /
Strengthen local economies and create jobs Introduction Of all the areas of policy in which cities engage, economic development is an area of almost limitless possibility for reform and improvement. The vast majority of