Opinion: Thinking regionally will improve overall economy
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 17, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal.
When it comes to revitalizing the economy, the Reno-Sparks area can’t go at it alone. Neither can Carson City, Minden-Gardnerville, Lyon County or Storey County.
We are all in this together, and we will all have to work together to rebuild an economy devastated by the recession of 2008, which still lingers in Northern Nevada.
That was a warning from a panel that was part of the Gazette-Journal’s Reno 2020 project earlier this year. And it was confirmed by the report of Brookings/SRI, released on Monday in response to Assembly Bill 449 of the 2011 Legislature.
It’s imperative that the development authorities and the myriad other organizations that work to attract new businesses to the area and expand existing businesses strengthen their relationships with each other and work together on the common goal of creating more and better jobs for the residents of this area.
The days of isolation for the communities of Northern Nevada ended many years ago. The boom of the 1980s and ’90s demonstrated that we all rise together; the recession has demonstrated that we all fall together, too.
Old Theory.
existing businesses strengthen their relationships with each other and work together on the common goal of creating more and better jobs for the residents of this area.
What jobs, more house cleaning, more bar tenders, lift people,Ground maintenance, more over paid EPA chumps.
The business that are still ticking a income are damn short on employees hourly wage increases.
Great Idea but does not work in Tahoe.
For a small population there’s nothing happening but charity dinners , grants , few national Holidays that carry the load,Gambling casinos are still the biggest employers in this Ghost town Climate.
YOU WON’T SEE ANY THE REAL TOWN LOCALS AT THE SOLD OUT ,SUIT, TIE ,SOCIAL K..S-B..T SOMEONE AFFAIR.
MR.BUSINESS, YOU CAN’T DRESS LIKE ME!
COME TAKE MY HERB ,DRINK MY WINE, DEATH SHADOWS, COMING TO “YOU”, IN A QUICKER AMOUNT TIME.
Same old song telling the truth, same old realities keeping this town Divided.
The faces may change but the same Game Rules.
I live in Michigan. We’re finally getting this concept, and it’s making it easier to affect good policy in the face of budget cuts. We’re investing in the future while downsizing redundant processes in the public sector.
Better regional policy hasn’t been an easy road, but I’m glad to see we don’t have a monopoly on people with their head in the sand. I’m sure you face many different challenges than we do, but there’s no way our little hamlets can compete globally without working together regionally. Why fight the world alone?