Again, I have no idea what this means besides a buzzword to keep people distracted. Is the Sustainability Center supposed to show how people can become "sustainable" or create jobs centering around sustainability?
If the latter, then I'd save the time and work with national groups that have the resources to mount a sustained effort on providing people sustainability options. Why replicate what someone else is already doing - That is wasteful.
If you want to encourage jobs centered on sustainability, then we are talking something else:
Sustainability technology - Then lets fund PSU and get some kind of training for technical people going so we have something to offer propsective employees.
Sustainability manufacturing - If this is what you want, then sit down and figure how to make Portland manufacturer friendly. If this means speeding up the permitting process to site businesses or fixing roads so supply trucks can move about impeded, fine.
SUstainability services - Again if you mean recycling or installing sustainability eqpt or ancillary businesses like LEED consultants or labs, then put in the tax and infrastruture to help these people.
You really need to define your mission statement better - Buzz-words only get you so far. We wanted to be biotech and no one had a clue what that meant so OHSU decided Florida was more inviting - Ask why?
I really don't think streetcars ro bike lanes help to create any of the above jobs, but give us something that shows some foresight and organization like getting some private industry help. I don't have anything against your econ dev person, but her experience was helping African farmers get grants, how does that help in a high-tech society?
Sustainability Center
Dear The Office
Again, I have no idea what this means besides a buzzword to keep people distracted. Is the Sustainability Center supposed to show how people can become "sustainable" or create jobs centering around sustainability?
If the latter, then I'd save the time and work with national groups that have the resources to mount a sustained effort on providing people sustainability options. Why replicate what someone else is already doing - That is wasteful.
If you want to encourage jobs centered on sustainability, then we are talking something else:
Sustainability technology - Then lets fund PSU and get some kind of training for technical people going so we have something to offer propsective employees.
Sustainability manufacturing - If this is what you want, then sit down and figure how to make Portland manufacturer friendly. If this means speeding up the permitting process to site businesses or fixing roads so supply trucks can move about impeded, fine.
SUstainability services - Again if you mean recycling or installing sustainability eqpt or ancillary businesses like LEED consultants or labs, then put in the tax and infrastruture to help these people.
You really need to define your mission statement better - Buzz-words only get you so far. We wanted to be biotech and no one had a clue what that meant so OHSU decided Florida was more inviting - Ask why?
I really don't think streetcars ro bike lanes help to create any of the above jobs, but give us something that shows some foresight and organization like getting some private industry help. I don't have anything against your econ dev person, but her experience was helping African farmers get grants, how does that help in a high-tech society?