Perdue Establishes NC Innovation Council
Gov. Bev Perdue recently announced the creation of a council designed to encourage investment in the innovation economy in North Carolina.
Dubbed the North Carolina Innovation Council, it will advise the governor on coordinating public and private investments and policies to promote innovation; moving innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace more efficiently; and strengthening collaboration among business, academia, and state and local government.
Perdue made the announcement after touring a lab in the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem.
“To continue growing jobs in North Carolina we must make sure this state is poised to compete globally in the 21st century,” said Perdue. “Innovation is North Carolina’s launch pad to success in the global economy, and it’s a primary way for us to maintain and sharpen our competitive edge.”
“To continue growing jobs in North Carolina we must make sure this state is poised to compete globally in the 21st century,” said Perdue. “Innovation is North Carolina’s launch pad to success in the global economy, and it’s a primary way for us to maintain and sharpen our competitive edge.”
The Council’s membership will draw on a broad spectrum of expertise in entrepreneurship, science, academia and government. It will be co-chaired by Steve Nelson, managing partner of the Wakefield Group, and Al Delia, senior adviser to the governor.
“North Carolina has a rich history of innovation with its high-impact businesses, championed by world-class leaders and entrepreneurs,” said Nelson. “Yet the opportunity in front of us is to build on this strength. I very much look forward to working with this distinguished group to encourage investment, bring jobs to North Carolina, and grow our economy.”
The North Carolina Innovation Council is part of Gov. Perdue’s JobsNOW initiative. Through JobsNOW, the state will work aggressively to create jobs, train and retrain our workforce, and lay the foundation for a strong and sustainable economic future.
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If there had been anything like Governor Perdue's Innovation Council in 2007, we would not have lost this important employer and growth industry seed.
Mooresville brought Proterra LLC to NC in 2007 to look at plant sites. We were able to do so because hydrogen streetcars are a major future market and Mooresville is a world focus of the emerging hydrogen railway issue.
(See: http://www.hydrail.org and http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/mass-transit/fuel-cells-could-po...)
South Carolina "gets" hydrogen; looks like they get Proterra LLC too for that reason.
NC's Innovation Council needs to get to work ASAP. Catching up with hydrogen should be near the top of their "to do" list.
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