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CEOs and academic leaders identify eight industry clusters that will shape the Research Triangle Region’s competitive future.

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Around the Region

Clearing the air
A regional task force will promote a mix of voluntary and mandatory actions to improve the Triangle’s air quality as the region braces for “non-attainment” status in 2004.

Tackling details of rural prosperity
Community leaders in Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren counties nail down specifics to transform their rural area to the New Economy.

Cashing in on innovation
N.C. small businesses received $5 million in competitive federal funding for research and development in 2002, ranking fourth in the nation for federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program grants.

Marketing Swedish-style
RTRP heads to Stockholm and Uppsala in August to recruit investment for the region.

We're #1, Again!
Employment Review magazine rates the Triangle the best place to live and work in America for the second year in a row.

Mixing sports and business
RTRP teams with Athlon Sports Communications to keep the region and state front and center with top consultants who guide corporate location decisions.

Spreading the word on bio
China’s Xinhua News Agency was among several international news agencies reporting in June on North Carolina’s biotechnology successes.

Regional Initiatives

Future Competitiveness Task Force
The CEO-level regional task force led by former N.C. Gov. James B. Hunt identifies eight clusters and a set of strategies to ensure the region’s competitive future.
Visit the Web site
Hear a Success Today radio interview on competitiveness in the Research Triangle Region

Attracting Rural Investment
Community leaders in the Kerr-Tar Region are the first to step forward and plan an innovative multi-county mid-tech hub recommended as a rural development strategy by a recent RTRP study.
Link to Kerr-Tar Hub Web site
Read the Hub feasibility study (.pdf)

Blueprint for Life Sciences Growth
Protecting and growing the region’s life sciences industry amid fierce competition from areas is the topic of an RTRP life sciences industry report.
Read the report (.pdf)

Investor Salute

RTRP Indicators

		June 03	May 03	June 02
	Web site hits	75,195	65,224	59,081
	Inquiries	140	112	116

Selected Recent Investments
Collins & Aikman Corp.’s $4 million expansion in Person County is among the $67 million in investment and 1,278 new jobs announced in the region during the second quarter of 2003.

Regional Accolades
AARP ranks the Triangle among the best places to “reinvent your life,” as Baby boomers redefine retirement and lead the move to a new generation of dream towns. It is one of many recent regional accolades.

Regional Events
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development honors outstanding entrepreneurs Aug. 8 at the 2003 Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards, one of several summer events for the region’s business community.