Local leaders unroll ‘map’ to R.I. knowledge economy

Local entrepreneurs and leaders from the state’s business, education and health care sectors gathered today with state and local officials to share a new “roadmap” for the 21st-century knowledge economy.

“There is a tremendous wealth of talent in and around this great city of ours, from biomedical research and life sciences to medical device design to environmental sciences to product and industrial design,” Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline told the gathering at The Westin Providence hotel.

Full Story: Local leaders unroll ‘map’ to R.I. knowledge economy Source: Providence Business News, October 8th, 2008 Author: PBN Staff