Thursday, January 24, 2013

Competitive EDGE: Coming together to market Cobb to world

by Shan Cooper, Kim Menefee and Dan Styf
The Marietta Daily Journal

In North Carolina, there’s the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, a collaboration of more than 100 public and private organizations, including economic development agencies across the region, dedicated to keeping the 13-county Research Triangle Region economically competitive.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

YP Spotlight: Intergenerational communities connect through mentor program

Written by Todd Erzen
Des Moines Register

Megan Ruble had an idea back in 2010.

The arc of her life owed a lot to the mentors who had guided her along the way. She wanted others to benefit from similar experiences but felt the process of finding good people to emulate was often random and lackluster.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

On the EDGE

Martin Sinderman, Contributing Writer
Business Journals

An economic development initiative in Cobb County has shifted its efforts from planning and developing job-growing strategies to raising money to fund implementation.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lee: Cobb has an EDGE when it comes to economic development

by Jon Gillooly
Marietta Daily Journal

The chairman of the Cobb Commission points to low tax rates and trimmed budgets as key drivers in keeping the county economically viable in the state’s most competitive region.

In his State of the County address on Monday, county chairman Tim Lee highlighted the importance of the economic development program known as Cobb’s Competitive EDGE.

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The time is now

By Neil Heinen
Madison Magazine

Madison is a pretty wonderful place to live. Even a well-delivered dose of opened-eyed reality does not diminish that fact. But we’ve been slow to acknowledge that our enviable quality of life will not by itself ensure our economic stability, to say nothing of growth.

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