Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Legislators and business leaders in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are promoting a multi-state alliance. The coalition, called ("Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow"). They are seeking to become the first federally chartered four-state authority.
Establishing this type of authority is not new. (The Appalachian Regional Commission was established by Congress in 1965 to support economic and social development in the Appalachian Region.) But the goal here, it appears, is similar: to strengthen the region's position in channeling federal dollars into infrastructure, R&D and other federal economic development investments.
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