News

• Report identifies Targets of Opportunity - A new economic development report, its findings recently presented at HSU, identifies "base industry clusters" for HSU and our community to concentrate development efforts around. The draft report, presentation slides, and presentation video are available online.

Office for Economic and Community Development in the news

• "Campus Urged to Exploit New Internet". HSU News Online March 1, 2007. The university must examine the opportunities presented by the Next Generation internet, according to Joaquin Alvarado, Director of San Francisco State's Institute for the Next Generation Internet.
• "Tech Wizard Inspires Possibilities" by Ann Johnson-Stromberg. Times-Standard March 3rd, 2007. Joaquin Alvarado discusses the possibilities for the North Coast in creating a cutting edge media institute.
• Download 12-minute MP3 audio file. Maggie Gainer and Brandon Hemenway discuss social entrepreneurship and the OECD and Sustainable Entrepreneurs Network sponsored video speaker series, The Business of Change. KHSU Homepage, 21 February 2007.
• "Lean thinking for creating sustainable prosperity" by Professor A. Mark Doggett. Times-Standard 16 January 2007. OECD facilitated lean production workshops for local manufacturers.
• "Robots are coming to Humboldt County" by OECD Director Maggie Gainer. Times-Standard 14 November 2006.