Tuesday, September 16. 2008

Survey: Redlands Character is Slipping Away

A report by economist John Husing for Redlands' proposed economic development strategy reveals that sentiment, along with 60 suggestions to improve the city's fortunes. The report was presented last night at a city council meeting. The bottom line: "Redlands has the ambitions of an historically wealthy community without the income to achieve them."

Among the suggestions:

Redlands should help mapping software developer ESRI with expansion, staff recruiting and transit-oriented housing for its large number of younger, single employees, Husing recommends. ESRI has about 2,000 high-tech workers with average salaries of $75,000 a year.

- Press Enterprise

Poizner Sets up Exploratory Committee for CA Governor Bid

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, founder of two geospatial companies, launched an exploratory committee to for a possible run for California governor in 2010.

- East Bay Business Times

Podcast: Three LBS Events, One Takeaway: One Device for Work and Play

Editor in Chief Joe Francica ran the LBS gauntlet last week by attending NAVTEQ Connections, CTIA and the SiRF Location 2.0 Summit. The big takeaway is the power of a single device to manage one business and personal life on a single location-enabled device. In the last year, Francica explains, LBS has become part of the enterprise. He and Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg explore the changes that have come with this growth.

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