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- All Subjects: Finance, Public
- All Subjects: High technology
- Creators: Casa Grande (Ariz.). Finance Department
- Creators: Welch, Nancy
The Annual Budget, like any planning document, looks toward the future to implement the desired strategies, action plans, and goals of the organization. The City of Casa Grande continues to be in a fiscally sound position due to the efforts of the City Council and Staff.
Economic development leaders and public officials throughout the country are tending to the effects of a sour economy and huge state budget deficits when they would rather be creating quality jobs and new economy assets. According to the most prominent thinking on today’s knowledge economy, locally developed and exported technology will be the primary economic differentiator between future winners and losers. Thus, with long-term fiscal and economic health at stake, the 50-state race is on for advantages and leadership in science and technology. This report sheds light on these issues through an overview of Arizona’s standing in science and technology today, short case studies of four competitors in the west, as well as Arizona, and ideas for Arizona’s leaders to consider as they strive to give our state an edge.