We like building things. It's the American way. We like it so much that for a very long time we confused economic development with real estate development.
But if we are going to create sustainable regional economic growth, our best option will be to hit the reset button on our government development programs. We must reconsider some of our fundamental assumptions and create a new paradigm, one squarely focused on business development and jobs rather than bricks and mortar development.
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