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Looking at the issue of regional economic development, it seems the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is a good model - read the following press release on their 2004 index of regional performance and growth issues for insight for NE Ohio - the report is being released Friday.
Press Release
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Topic: Joint Venture’s 2004 Index of Silicon Valley Release
Contact: Linda Holroyd, Director of Marketing and Business Development
(408) 938-1511, lholroyd@jointventure.org
San Jose, Calif, January 19, 2004
THE 2004 INDEX OF SILICON VALLEY
Statement by Russell Hancock
President and CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
By all accounts, the burning question about Silicon Valley – will it come back from the rubble of the dot.com bubble -- has been answered: Yes, but the Valley will look different, and we must invest in the skills of our people to prepare for new jobs.
We are poised for another recovery in a long history of economic rebounds in our dynamic region sparked by underlying innovative strength from a creative and determined population and business community.
The data in the 2004 Index of Silicon Valley, released today by Joint Venture, says that after three painful years, “we are now seeing the early signs of yet another Silicon Valley reinvention”. Although it is slower than we would like it to be, we are seeing clear evidence that the Valley’s future is taking shape.
But now there is another question: a comeback to what?
While job loss has slowed, changes are taking place in the structure of our region’s economy from dominance in information technology to new industries. In particular, the Index finds that “employment gains are taking place in some high-wage occupational clusters, employment is growing in the Health Services cluster, and the Biomedical cluster is becoming more concentrated in Silicon Valley than in the nation.”
Employment in the high-wage occupational clusters in Silicon Valley, the Index reports, is 25% of our total employment compared to 13% nationally. In our most concentrated clusters, average wages are more than $80,000. And our higher skills give us comparative advantage over other regions.
A Special Analysis in this year’s Index examines “the unique and changing occupational structure of our Valley.” It describes how we compare to the nation, what occupational clusters are growing and declining here, what makes this structure unique, and how our occupational clusters have shifted over time.”
We need, therefore, to understand what our occupational changes mean for future jobs; prepare our workforce for these occupations to stay competitive in the global economy; recognize the importance of career progression from low-level to mid-level to high-level occupations; and help the workforce to make the transition.
Four occupation groupings are highly concentrated in Silicon Valley relative to the U.S., the Index reports. These are innovation R&D; professional services; headquarters; and technical production.
Another six groups are not as highly concentrated but important: administration; installation, repair and production; sales, marketing and distribution; health and human services; education and training; and personal services.
The Index makes clear that we also have significant employment with mid-level wages. The Special Analysis concludes that our region “is not a two-tiered hourglass economy with high-wage research and professional services and low-wage personal services. Our region also has a majority of employment in mid-wage occupational groupings.”
To promote an innovative economy in the future, our region will need to broaden prosperity by retraining our existing workforce to transition to higher-skilled jobs. Our global competitiveness will depend on investing in the skills of our people.
There are other challenges, as well, and Joint Venture announced four Initiatives last fall to address several of them.
One is designed to help sustain our economic recovery. We must have structural reforms in the state’s budget process to provide a strong foundation and a healthier business climate for more good jobs, broader individual prosperity, and a better quality of life. We must seize this moment to make basic changes in our government, which can help maintain our environment for innovation and entrepreneurship.
To this end, Joint Venture has joined with the Bay Area Economic Forum to pursue a non-partisan, Bay Area effort in Sacramento providing a community-wide voice involving leaders from business, labor, education, community organizations, and local government. We want to promote the idea of working together to find solutions and not engage in finger pointing or pushing narrow agendas.
The other initiatives were organized to help accelerate the convergence of biotechnology, information technology and nanotechnology; expand the use of information technology to improve health, education and transportation; and build relationships among technology leaders in Silicon Valley and other regions of the world for mutual economic benefit.
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About Joint Venture
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network (www.jointventure.org) is a nonprofit organization that provides analysis and action on issues affecting the economy and quality of life in Silicon Valley. The organization brings together new and established leaders from business, labor, government, education, non-profits, and the broader community to build a sustainable region that is poised for competition in the global economy.
About Joint Venture
Vision
Build a sustainable community that competes globally.
Mission
Mobilize people from business, labor, government, education, and all segments of the community to identify and to act on regional issues to:
sustain our innovative economy, increase productivity and broaden prosperity;
protect the environment and promote livability; and
connect people to opportunities through shared solutions and regional stewardship for a vital and vibrant community.
Core Values
Diverse, Inclusive and Meaningful Engagement: We actively seek out leadership that reflects the community, involving all sectors and cultures.
Trust and Caring: We bring leaders together to encourage their trust in each other and to provide focus for their efforts to build a better community.
Collaboration: We communicate the value of the civic-engagement process; building community is a journey, not a destination.
Results and Benefits: We are committed to delivering results that will benefit Silicon Valley's residents, businesses and community institutions.
What is Silicon Valley?
Joint Venture's regional network covers all of Santa Clara County, California, as well as San Mateo County from Route 92 south, Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County, and Fremont, Newark and Union City in Alameda County. With a population of more than 2 million people, Silicon Valley is larger than 18 states in America. See map.
Funds for Joint Venture are provided by businesses, local governments, professional associations, labor organizations, foundations, and individuals. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.
See their website: www.jointventure.org/index.html
Joint Venture created the annual Index of Silicon Valley in order to provide a reliable source of information on the economy and quality of life in Silicon Valley. In addition to fostering a sense of regional identity, the Index provides a sound basis for proactive, coordinated efforts to make Silicon Valley a better place to live, work and do business.
Using a variety of regional indicators, the Index measures progress toward the goals of Silicon Valley 2010: A Regional Framework for Growing Together, published by Joint Venture in 1998. The 17 goals of Silicon Valley 2010 were developed with input from more than 2,000 Silicon Valley residents. These goals have four main areas of focus:
Our Innovative Economy Increases Productivity and Broadens Prosperity.
Our Communities Protect the Natural Environment and Promote Livability.
Our Inclusive Society Connects People to Opportunities
Our Regional Stewardship Develops Shared Solutions.
See 2010 Plan: www.jointventure.org/silicon...0/a1.htm
Press Release
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Topic: Joint Venture’s 2004 Index of Silicon Valley Release
Contact: Linda Holroyd, Director of Marketing and Business Development
(408) 938-1511, lholroyd@jointventure.org
San Jose, Calif, January 19, 2004
THE 2004 INDEX OF SILICON VALLEY
Statement by Russell Hancock
President and CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
By all accounts, the burning question about Silicon Valley – will it come back from the rubble of the dot.com bubble -- has been answered: Yes, but the Valley will look different, and we must invest in the skills of our people to prepare for new jobs.
We are poised for another recovery in a long history of economic rebounds in our dynamic region sparked by underlying innovative strength from a creative and determined population and business community.
The data in the 2004 Index of Silicon Valley, released today by Joint Venture, says that after three painful years, “we are now seeing the early signs of yet another Silicon Valley reinvention”. Although it is slower than we would like it to be, we are seeing clear evidence that the Valley’s future is taking shape.
But now there is another question: a comeback to what?
While job loss has slowed, changes are taking place in the structure of our region’s economy from dominance in information technology to new industries. In particular, the Index finds that “employment gains are taking place in some high-wage occupational clusters, employment is growing in the Health Services cluster, and the Biomedical cluster is becoming more concentrated in Silicon Valley than in the nation.”
Employment in the high-wage occupational clusters in Silicon Valley, the Index reports, is 25% of our total employment compared to 13% nationally. In our most concentrated clusters, average wages are more than $80,000. And our higher skills give us comparative advantage over other regions.
A Special Analysis in this year’s Index examines “the unique and changing occupational structure of our Valley.” It describes how we compare to the nation, what occupational clusters are growing and declining here, what makes this structure unique, and how our occupational clusters have shifted over time.”
We need, therefore, to understand what our occupational changes mean for future jobs; prepare our workforce for these occupations to stay competitive in the global economy; recognize the importance of career progression from low-level to mid-level to high-level occupations; and help the workforce to make the transition.
Four occupation groupings are highly concentrated in Silicon Valley relative to the U.S., the Index reports. These are innovation R&D; professional services; headquarters; and technical production.
Another six groups are not as highly concentrated but important: administration; installation, repair and production; sales, marketing and distribution; health and human services; education and training; and personal services.
The Index makes clear that we also have significant employment with mid-level wages. The Special Analysis concludes that our region “is not a two-tiered hourglass economy with high-wage research and professional services and low-wage personal services. Our region also has a majority of employment in mid-wage occupational groupings.”
To promote an innovative economy in the future, our region will need to broaden prosperity by retraining our existing workforce to transition to higher-skilled jobs. Our global competitiveness will depend on investing in the skills of our people.
There are other challenges, as well, and Joint Venture announced four Initiatives last fall to address several of them.
One is designed to help sustain our economic recovery. We must have structural reforms in the state’s budget process to provide a strong foundation and a healthier business climate for more good jobs, broader individual prosperity, and a better quality of life. We must seize this moment to make basic changes in our government, which can help maintain our environment for innovation and entrepreneurship.
To this end, Joint Venture has joined with the Bay Area Economic Forum to pursue a non-partisan, Bay Area effort in Sacramento providing a community-wide voice involving leaders from business, labor, education, community organizations, and local government. We want to promote the idea of working together to find solutions and not engage in finger pointing or pushing narrow agendas.
The other initiatives were organized to help accelerate the convergence of biotechnology, information technology and nanotechnology; expand the use of information technology to improve health, education and transportation; and build relationships among technology leaders in Silicon Valley and other regions of the world for mutual economic benefit.
#####
About Joint Venture
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network (www.jointventure.org) is a nonprofit organization that provides analysis and action on issues affecting the economy and quality of life in Silicon Valley. The organization brings together new and established leaders from business, labor, government, education, non-profits, and the broader community to build a sustainable region that is poised for competition in the global economy.
About Joint Venture
Vision
Build a sustainable community that competes globally.
Mission
Mobilize people from business, labor, government, education, and all segments of the community to identify and to act on regional issues to:
sustain our innovative economy, increase productivity and broaden prosperity;
protect the environment and promote livability; and
connect people to opportunities through shared solutions and regional stewardship for a vital and vibrant community.
Core Values
Diverse, Inclusive and Meaningful Engagement: We actively seek out leadership that reflects the community, involving all sectors and cultures.
Trust and Caring: We bring leaders together to encourage their trust in each other and to provide focus for their efforts to build a better community.
Collaboration: We communicate the value of the civic-engagement process; building community is a journey, not a destination.
Results and Benefits: We are committed to delivering results that will benefit Silicon Valley's residents, businesses and community institutions.
What is Silicon Valley?
Joint Venture's regional network covers all of Santa Clara County, California, as well as San Mateo County from Route 92 south, Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County, and Fremont, Newark and Union City in Alameda County. With a population of more than 2 million people, Silicon Valley is larger than 18 states in America. See map.
Funds for Joint Venture are provided by businesses, local governments, professional associations, labor organizations, foundations, and individuals. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.
See their website: www.jointventure.org/index.html
Joint Venture created the annual Index of Silicon Valley in order to provide a reliable source of information on the economy and quality of life in Silicon Valley. In addition to fostering a sense of regional identity, the Index provides a sound basis for proactive, coordinated efforts to make Silicon Valley a better place to live, work and do business.
Using a variety of regional indicators, the Index measures progress toward the goals of Silicon Valley 2010: A Regional Framework for Growing Together, published by Joint Venture in 1998. The 17 goals of Silicon Valley 2010 were developed with input from more than 2,000 Silicon Valley residents. These goals have four main areas of focus:
Our Innovative Economy Increases Productivity and Broadens Prosperity.
Our Communities Protect the Natural Environment and Promote Livability.
Our Inclusive Society Connects People to Opportunities
Our Regional Stewardship Develops Shared Solutions.
See 2010 Plan: www.jointventure.org/silicon...0/a1.htm
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Re: 2004 Index of Silicon Valley
Tue, January 20, 2004 - 3:48 PMThis is clearly a model to study for excellence in developing a regional resource center for North East Ohio... and this can be improved upon.
Here's an intro and link to their resources and partners page, which shows who they connect with entrepreneurs and businesses in their region:
Partner Organizations and Community Resources
As a Regional Resource Center, Joint Venture is pleased to connect Silicon Valley communities and other interested parties with our partner organizations:
www.jointventure.org/resourc...nks.html
