1. Bus.rress ee kly
o_.m~o"." W Ir.t!!J
~nbw,bll
res
_so.n.a..,..
SUBSCRIPTIONS I
Supply ,he;" prof.,,;onal, rely
on Northern Sierra APtCS for its
operations. management training ...
BOOK OF SPECIAL SECTIONS
'til
BUSINESS A80UT
HOME CLASSIFIEDS I,; ,~~~HI~ES,J AOVE:RTI$E RACK LOCATIONS LISTS ARCHIVES LEADS
.. "'
p!'Oided the hi~t0riC~1
h,lSi., ofir~ p.eollomy - gaming:, mining ond defense.
nandsjON! SUNDAY
!lut facing a strapped stnte budget, Nl'vnda necd" In he smart about attractil1g fedEral j'p,~3nh rlol18rs and pril'ate FAMILY PROGRAM
inwstments til create new products, new ~ornpa!li~" 'Iud eulirely new iJl(iuotric,; ""ys tl", r~p()li cntmnissioned by Sarcophagus
the Nevada Commi!'sion on Economic Development. Sculpture
8/28/2011
T1", ""ah~is was ,'.umpleled byValt Hllrland, a former greell"cncrgy cx~('utiyt WllO':;no'" extcuti'C-ill-n's;,lc'H'" at
~JcvOld~Mu~~urn of ArL
lh~ N,,,'adlljllstitlltc ufReue"-ahIe Fner;;;,yCommercialization, and .James Cmce. I[REc"~ prc~i(lcnt il"d d,id 160 W, Libelty Stl-eet, Reno
eAeelti'~_
Capital Business
Tiley worked witll Ric.hard Sdinc. pri""il'aI ()f R~:;i()"tl()"J.tc l.l.c, a collgllIti))~ fim. in Washinp,toll, D.C. Network
8/31/2011
Thl'} ilklltitie,d live url'U~ in whidl Nevada ha~ c;ignifiC;1l1t xpeltise tbat can bring further innontion:
e Grandma Hatties, S,
Entrance
• The co,uputer simulation, modeli,,),; and j[j'a1',in,g Son"'''r~ th,,!'" been <'-reated hy Inakers of g"min~ e'lUipmellt as ,S,{)lL~ClJLSt!:EEL.r"r~()r_. _
_
W€1Ia, dcfe1l5~ contractors. This might be the ~(""ls an indLL,lry wilh npplieMion" raugillg from security to
of
S~e all»
el"~rOlHllentaI protectioll to medieal di~"'l(bi,,_
• 'l'i", ''''gineering skills that haw b""n <lewlnped for rile ~t"tc's big min;n;; and energy 1-'wjeods,"Th~ tcdmolo;;ic,
nnrl knowlec1gc behind r:01lpre~sion 'all'cs and fin;,i powe!' unit; til lift tlJllF ofiwavy llIJc,hinery in the geothemlai
tideL; of northern Xe'-ad~ ark' .,imiiar t() the ,taging that lifts ildors and acrobats in Cinll(: rln SoI"i]":- KA.• Bod"",l
ami Croee wrotc_
• The state',; rxpericllce "1th development lOudnperatioll of rencw,.I)le """ri'}' ,yslems. whkh can translate inl'o
mo'",), mdkillg cxjlorls of pow<'" gcncrntcd in :'-le'ada a" ,,'ell as dc,'clopmcnt of c.o1npani".-;to 'urk with ,-e,)(''a])I,·
s",;tcm.s eb~whet'e_
• -Skills ",illl mining ~nn met"l" rese""~h, ",J,ieh can be widenen to meet dcmand, lor advanc~d materi,']" fo,
electronics. con~Ullll')' ,9,ood$ and packaging. Aclclitionall", Ihe stmly ,ays miuerais r~Seitrdl skill, tall fillll usc iu
dcyclopmCllt of diet aud unt";tio" st.."tcgie,c,fo,- peol'lro. ,,,,,1 ""im3k
• Th~ high-capacity bandwidth illstullcd by the US E""r~s Department alld nff(~n,,, llepm1ment in southenl
'c""b pmvides opportllnities for testing of complex manubetul'ing ))ro,,""'''' or otI,,'!' project> thai t'~ql!ir~ hig
"ilpacily.
Crelltillg CO[l1nWF'inI
('''!Jeept, from those teehnologies, lhe study's authors said, ~an help the ~tate ()vcrUJ'uc its
mo~t pressing problem_
"It needs to crl'atc more jobs, and prdcn,bly new economy jobs thilt ~"" toffer Nevadans lligher sJlark~and Idler
benetit-<;" Borland, Cro~{"and Selinl'- wrok "it i'i time for :'-ll',,'aduns to d~0ign, implement and lll:mu,~e their o'n
futurp r;Jlwr tI,a" ldting the filture happen to them."
.'l.l tile "om~ time, the stud" acknowledged that th~ slate gO'l',l'Ilmcnt has limitee1 IiHJ'",," t() pul inln ~wal'ioll "f
iHIHJ""li,,,,-l)"s~d iLlnuetry,
It ,-ecum,,,~p.dadiliat tile <ht,? rm~~(]~~llnHehrl"lbr" tn k",.1' H";"~"';ly n"~m'(·h(,,', whn HT'P
jlm(l'H',i"g in,,", that
mi,ght l~~<ll() cu",,"en>i~jiotion Aml it r~('(ltllmrll(krl thM th,>state put mouc:; into 1'~~I'litIllClltof llll)re
I~SealTller5,
,tmly l'e~Ulll!ll~llJl'J llwL ledl',jJIIC,c~lclJ tlulLJ~ - e,peciJll- f10m the ncp~rtm~llt
'Rr!'mlillll~l, 111(, ofndctl.';(:
l'rm-id~ ':Olll~ of Ihp hnrs~J1o,fr to nlm'e ['arly-stag~ t~~hu(Jbgi~~ "j(Js~l' Lvlhe' m«rkd_

2. The limited usc of ~tntc moncy mng a <:lionl with LL Go,' Brian Krolicki, c1minnnll of the ,<,""ada Commission on
Economic Dc,·cIopmcnt.
"During these challenging economic limes, it is even more critieal that we "lscly spend economic devel[)pmcnl
dollars;' Krnlicki said.
The stndy rl'commel!(led, tn(), thai business nnd politicnllcm!ers work to attract more )lllvate·scctor capitll! inln the
~tate, alon.: with mnre management talent to hring promising tedlIlologie~ to reality.
But the state's leader;; should he WJ1"'offaning iu low with iUllovatioIllllodels adopted in other states, the study
said. Nevada doesn't have the mon")', the depth of academi~ research or the private inwstment c<'parity of other
stot",s.
"To go from 'zero to 60' through a whole-cloth adoption of tile Georgia or Utah models, for example, is likely to he
ti:aught with unincn(led eOllseqllcll~~ and unmel expectations," the slud)?s authors wrote.
Printable Versioll I Emai! to a Friend
We serve au' GOmmunl:Y wiih compellil1g and essen!'al business information.
'Se~
Northern Nevada Business Weekly P"lI1ners
""oj" '><oaIIllu.w",,,,
~dot"',.,.~ ....'"
c
~-'-~'-" ..
~~[i'~O
~~'i'l'i" -<-, -."
. .'".; <~ ,
HOME I ABOUT US I ARCHIVE I ADVERTiSe I SUBSCRIPTIONS I RACK LOCATIONS i PARTNERS I CONTACT i HOMEPAGE NNBW
:D 2005 - 2011 Swift Communcations I Privacy Policy
l design by MeshCreative and M3 Planning I