Progressive States Strategies for Industry Clusters

The following link was sent to Forward Sheridan from Mark Weitz, and we wanted to pass it along–
http://www.progressivestates.org/blog/706/economic-strategies-for-nurturing-innovation-and-job-growth.

This article is from UW’s Wyoming SBIR Strategic Initiative Newsletter, and it discusses the following strategies for industry clusters:

• Identifying existing local assets that can be reinforced
• Facilitating relationships among firms through consortia and other networking organizations
• Deepening the skill and talent pool of local regions
• Encouraging investments to align with emerging industrial clusters