| A
21ST Century Jobs and Economic Development Plan
for Arkansas
Mike
Beebe’s economic development plan will make
Arkansas a full partner in the global economy
of the 21st century. The plan is based on an understanding
that two key ingredients in a high performing
21st century economy are an increasingly skilled
work force and a diversified economy supported
by foundation industries enhanced with world-class
research and development. The success of the Arkansas
economy is tied to education, work-force development,
home grown enterprise support and development
like never before. Arkansas cannot expect to solve
its economic problems by nothing more than recruiting
industry on the promise of cheap labor. Likewise,
Arkansas cannot afford to simply engage in “bidding
wars” with other states or nations for desirable
industries. Instead, Arkansas must balance its
efforts to recruit industry with an aggressive
commitment to the development of companies within
the state. Arkansas must marshal its limited resources
and direct them towards those efforts that will
yield the best return on investment for the state.
Arkansas must not rely on short-term fixes to
build Arkansas’ communities. Rather, we
must develop a pipeline of entrepreneurs, new
industries, and skilled workers necessary to implement
a long-term vision of what the Arkansas economy
can be.
Click here
to read Mike Beebe’s remarks about his jobs
and economic development plan from the Believe
in Arkansas Tour.
2-17-06
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| 2/17/2006
BIA
JOBS TOUR: To Manage Resources Through
Sound Fiscal, Tax Policies
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| 2/16/2006
BIA
JOBS TOUR: TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE Read
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| 2/15/2006
BIA
JOBS TOUR: To Develop a Series of Regional
Community Partnerships Read
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| 2/14/2006
BIA
JOBS TOUR: To Attract New Businesses,
Develop Existing Ones and Support Entrepreneurship
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| 2/13/2006
BIA
JOBS TOUR: To Have the Best Trained Workforce
in America
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| 2/9/2006
BEEBE
ANNOUNCES ‘BELIEVE IN ARKANSAS
TOUR,' PROMOTES JOBS PLAN Read
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| 2/3/2006
BEEBE:
‘RAISE MINIMUM WAGE TO MAKE ENDS MEET'
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| 2/18/2006
NWA
Vital to Job Growth Elsewhere, Beebe Says,
Arkansas
News Bureau
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| 2/18/2006
Campaign
Trail, Northwest
Arkansas Times Read
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| 2/17/2006
Conway
to be Envied, Beebe Says, Log Cabin Democrat
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| 2/17/2006
Beebe
Has Plan for Economic Development, Paragould
Daily Press Read
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| 2/17/2006
Beebe
Praises Local Student During Campaign
Stop, Texarkana
Gazette
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| 2/14/2006
Beebe
Unveils Jobs Growth Plan, Begins Statewide
Bus Tour; Arkansas
News Bureau
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| 2/14/2006
Beebe:
Governor Needs Fund to Attract Industry;
Candidate Urges Settign Millions Aside,
Arkansas
Democrat Gazette
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