Friday, January 17, 2003
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry is proposing a public-private partnership that would have the authority to market the state and attract new businesses while retaining existing companies.
Governor Tom Vilsack said earlier this week he supported promoting statewide economic development with a $500 million fund over the next five years that would be managed by a public-private partnership. The governor's economic economic development effort, which he called the Iowa Values Fund, is different.
He wants to make more productinve investments. He has set a goal of creating 100 new high-tech companies in the next five years using his new fund. He feels tha initial investment from the Iowa Values Fund should be dedicated to making Iowa the life sciences leader in protein development and production. Learn more.
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Iowa is building a new marketing partnership
