At a recent regional conference about jobs for the next generation, several speakers highlighted the economic resilience of North Carolina's Research Triangle region, so named for the three research universities—Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—that anchor the triangle. The conference was held on North Carolina State's Centennial Campus, one of the country's top university research parks.
Despite the area's economic dynamism, our unemployed neighbors probably don't feel very resilient, and our governor and the first Republican majority in North Carolina's legislature in over a century are considering major budgetary reductions. As political and civic leaders cope with this financial spasm, it is useful to consider that the Research Triangle was not always so resilient.
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Author: Art Padilla
