Child care is becoming an economic development tool
Sunday, November 17, 2002
EDPros in Enid, OK are on to something. As Jon Blankenship, executive director of Enid/Garfield County Development Alliance, puts it: "Affordable quality day care centers and early childhood development programs can be a consideration and important to a company that is looking at the city." Learn more. Go
Quality child care is important for another reason. It builds brainpower. Northg Carolina has long been a leader in improving early child care, not as a social issue, but as a matter of economic development. Learn more about North Carolina's nationally recognized Smart Start initiative. Go Also, learn what the state is doing to improve the skills of child care workers. Go.
The state's position is supported by recent, rapid development in brain research. Early chald care is critical to developing the cognitive and intellectual skills we need later in life. In the years ahead, we'll see smart EDPros building and reinforcing their community child care networks.
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Child care is becoming an economic development tool
