What does "economic development" mean to you? Is it about luring corporations that provide the most high-paying jobs? Or is it about growing and encouraging local businesses? Maybe you think it's about designing efficient and appealing neighborhoods …or building a sense of pride and identity in our communities. Perhaps education comes to mind: inspiring and empowering the next generation - or retraining workers for the jobs of the 21st century? Or does the key to economic development lie in the strength of our infrastructure: our roads, our health care, our technology? Economic development is all of these things…and more. It's how we decide to invest our money and our resources to make our region thrive and our citizens prosper.
In this installment of New Valley, we'll see how big cities and small towns throughout the Valley are defining economic development to ensure that all our boats are lifted together…on A Rising Tide. |