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Measuring Data and Creating Impactful Economic Reports

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Cameron Cushman and Marco Johnson, from Fort Worth’s Sparkyard , shared their recent jobs report , which illustrates the economic impact of young local companies. Data was extracted from the 2018 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Update on funding from the EDA.

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Welcome, SourceLink Nebraska!

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In fact, many communities start with just one area of focus and develop their program over time to realize economic impact. In 2018, the state of Nebraska released Blueprint Nebraska, a strategic plan aimed at identifying the state’s core economic development challenges to create pioneering solutions.

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Broadband critical for economic development

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According to the Federal Communication Commission’s 2018 broadband deployment chart, Oklahoma is last in our region in broadband development. Not surprisingly, access is more ubiquitous in higher populated cities and towns. However, in rural areas about 25 percent of the population — around 14 million people lack access.

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Innovation is key to economic development

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OCAST is Oklahoma’s only agency with the sole focus of technology-based economic development. In 2018, 145 research applications received by OCAST were deemed “qualified-for-funding” by outside peer review and rigorous vetting. Because of funding cuts, OCAST was able to fund only 74 of the 145 approved projects.

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AppHarvest is now APPH: Rise of the Rest’s First Publicly Traded Company

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I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. AppHarvest raised its first round of institutional capital from our Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and others in January 2018.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

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For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. All of the costs of the event were covered by our sponsors, the main ones being TAMKEEN (The Bahrain Labour Fund) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board. ” “The long-term vision for UTS is to make it bigger and better! In 2017 there were 200 attendees.

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African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding

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In an emailed statement, OPay CEO Yahui Zhou said OPay “wants to be the power that helps emerging markets reach a faster economic development.” ” The company, founded in 2018, had an exclusive presence in Nigeria before last year.

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