(I)n in our global economy, our competition is not next door. The areas around us are our strength, not our competitors. |
Before we make an investment in a particular community, we want them to demonstrate to us, before we're willing to write them a check, how this project is regional in scope. Show us that this isn't just a project for this community, that this supports a regional strategy. Do you have the private sector at the table? Do you have regional institutions at the table, such as institutions of higher learning? Do you have economic development initiatives, work force initiatives ... |
Entrepreneurship drives innovation. Innovation drives productivity. Productivity drives higher wages and higher standards of living. |
UCSD is the sixth-highest university in terms of federally funded research. |