HAMPTON ROADS: REGIONALISM CASE IN POIINT

CLUSTER STRATEGIES: Metropolitan thinking for a 21st Century Work Force. 

"Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" by mandate with an enticing caveat. 

Do you have a future in Hampton Roads?

http://smartregion.org/2010/04/do-you-have-a-future-in-hampton-roads/

Regionalism Shared power is the 'new normal' ' Shared power is the 'new normal'

http://m.insidebiz.com/news/regionalism-shared-power-new-normal-shared-power-new-normal

With little fanfare Hampton Roads mayors and chairs have started a conversation with four other regions - Greater Petersburg, Greater Richmond, Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania and Northern Virginia - that could grow into an overdue leadership movement.

Hampton Roads’ Road to Regionalism

http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/the-avenue/hampton-roads%E2%80%99-road-regionalism

"Compounding these problems is that Hampton Roads is also vexed by considerable hurdles to new and updated metropolitan-thinking. Nevertheless, the key theme of the event was that deep metropolitan action in Hampton Roads remains elusive. So in order for the region to succeed, Hampton Roads needs to continue to think about the kind of investments and develop the kinds of policies necessary to compete globally, maintain their innovative edge, grow an educated and skilled workforce and build and maintain state of the art infrastructure so they can move people, goods, ideas, and energy efficiently and effectively."

"One approach is to fortify the region’s cluster strategies as laid out by the Hampton Roads Partnership in its comprehensive regional economic development strategy. Promising clusters in modeling & simulation, bio-science, and transportation are clearly related to the region’s specializations and traditional strengths in defense, maritime, and equipment manufacturing. The region should get behind the effort to promote these clusters and at the same time boost innovation, and build a 21st century workforce."

Energy Hubs + Regionalism = A New Vision for Innovation

http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/the-avenue/energy-hubs-regionalism-new-vision-innovation

"Add energy research to the list of arenas in which Team Obama has recognized the power of regional economies to deliver innovation as well as economic growth.

On Friday, the Obama administration announced that no less than seven federal agencies were issuing a combined funding opportunity announcement of up to $130 million over five years to turn one of the Department of Energy’s energy innovation hubs into true a regional innovation center.

Centered on the second of DOE’s three energy research hubs, the new Energy Regional Innovation Cluster (E-RIC) initiative...

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