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Written on: December 16th, 2010 in Education
This week, we held final 2010 Conversations About Stronger Schools meeting with parents, teachers, and other community leaders. I was really impressed by how engaged many of the parents have been – bringing challenging and thought-provoking questions. There’s one question that has come up many times – through Twitter, through Facebook, and through our town […]
Written on: December 1st, 2010 in Job Creation
Yesterday, like most of my days, was about jobs. It was one of those days that remind you that in Delaware, every job counts and every job has a story. I started Tuesday afternoon with a lot of energy. Literally. I joined workers at NRG Energy’s Indian River Generating Plant to talk about an investment […]
Written on: November 29th, 2010 in Job Creation
This post was originally published in The Washington Post, on Friday, Nov. 26. While President Obama was navigating the tides of global commerce this month, I was in a different part of Asia, making the case, one company at a time, for the economic opportunity my small state of Delaware has to offer. Watching the […]
Written on: November 22nd, 2010 in Education, Job Creation
Helping Businesses Decide on Delaware Over the past few weeks, we’ve had some good news about jobs. Three companies – Perdue, Calpine and Mountaire – put the First State in First Place when it came to deciding where to locate. Why did Perdue AgriBusiness decide to relocate its headquarters and trading operations center in Seaford? […]
Written on: November 22nd, 2010 in Job Creation
Over the past few weeks, we’ve had some good news about jobs. Three companies – Perdue, Calpine and Mountaire – put the First State in First Place when it came to deciding where to locate. Early last week, the Perdue Company joined us to announce that Perdue AgriBusiness will relocate its headquarters and trading operations […]