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Recently
released new jobs figures show that 132,000 jobs were created in November. Since
August 2003, more than 7 million jobs have been created – more jobs than all
the other major industrialized countries combined. Our economy has now added
jobs for 39 straight months, and the unemployment rate is 4.5 percent, down
0.5 percent from the same time last year. Real
wages have risen 2.8 percent over the past year. This means an extra $1,687
for the typical family of four with two wage earners. And, a USA Today/Gallup
Poll estimated that consumers plan to spend more than $800 on gifts this season.
The estimate is the "highest early November reading
Save the
Date! In partnership with its regional offices, EDA, IEDC and NARC will hold
five Regional Economic Development Symposia in 2007. The
symposia will focus on regional strategies, policies and best practices to
create jobs and economic opportunity. Speakers will include regional and
national leaders from the private and public sectors. The program will
include case studies of successful regional approaches to economic
development, a session on innovation and entrepreneurship and region-specific
training related to EDA investment policies and procedures. Additional
information regarding venues, program and online registration will be coming
soon. For more
information about the program, please contact Dana Rothstein (drothstein@iedconline.org,
202-942-9470) or
Economic Development Today telecast, "Building Business
on the Border," Aired December 13 The Economic
Development Today telecast, "Building Business on the Border,"
was broadcast on December 13. The program highlighted leading regional
strategies and innovation-led economic development that capitalizes on the
assets of being located on the U.S.-Mexico border. The featured strategies
serve as models for the many communities and regions that exist along this
2,000-mile border. The primary purpose of this bi-national enterprise is to
promote and support scientific and technological collaboration between the The
telecast focused on the economic successes of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas,
as well as the many coalitions that have come together to support businesses
on the border. Panelists included economic development practitioners,
university experts, scientists, and elected officials. The telecast centered
on public-private resources around business formation and expansion using
applied technology research, technology/product development, advanced
training, business planning, mentoring, incubation, business technology
acceleration, and marketing. Look for
a telecast summary on the NARC
website after January 1. At that time, the telecast also will be
available to view online at the EDA
website.
Check
your mailbox this week for the Fall edition of Economic Development
America, featuring "The Economic Developer's Toolkit." Articles
cover a range of topics of interest to economic developers – everything from
business retention and expansion to financing, downtown development,
performance measurement and more. The
Winter 2007 edition of the magazine, "Starting, Growing and Keeping Your
Region's Businesses," will be published in late February. Other themes
for Economic Development America in 2007 include:
If you
have story ideas you'd like to share, please contact editor
Visit EDA's Brownfields Redevelopment Web Page for information on
EDA investments in brownfields projects, investment
results, success stories and an EDA Brownfields
Redevelopment Fact Sheet. EDA is a
long-standing partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on brownfields redevelopment. EDA was the first federal
agency to enter into a partnership agreement with EPA to assist in brownfields revitalization activities nationwide. EDA's goal in brownfields
redevelopment is to create value by returning non-productive, blighted and/or
formerly contaminated real estate to local tax roles while fostering capital
investment and creating higher-skill, higher-wage jobs.
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