The second in a six part video series, Dr. Gerald Gordon explains why economic development is really about quality of life. TRANSCRIPT: When people think about the Economic Development Authority and economic development generally, they think about bringing jobs and wealth to a community and stability in the local economy and public—it’s really about more than that. Those are means to an end. Those are means to the end—the midpoint end—of creating a tax base that helps to offset the cost of residential public services. But the real end is quality of life because what we do is provide the elected officials of Fairfax County with the tax base that enables them to lower residential and business taxes while the community continues to grow but while providing high quality public education, the safest communities in America, public works that are actually exactly that—public works, there are many parts of the country where they’re really public don’t works—and this is what we’ve created here in Fairfax County. But it’s a collaborative effort.
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May 2, 2011 With only five days remaining to end the 2011 Legislative Session on time, there remains a number of important legislative activity to finalize. The Florida Chamber of Commerce is pleased to bring you this special edition of The Florida Chamber’s Bottom Line featuring Florida Chamber President and CEO Mark Wilson who provides an up-to-the-moment analysis on legislative activity taking place at the Florida Capitol. In this special edition, host Ron Sachs interviews Wilson, who provides an analysis on the budget, economic development issues, government employee pension reform, and regulatory reform currently being debated in the Florida Legislature. The Florida Chamber’s Bottom Line is a weekly public affairs program focusing on Florida’s most important political, legislative and economic issues. The program brings together some of Florida’s most influential decision makers in a dynamic forum for Florida’s business and government leaders to present solutions to important pressing issues. The Florida Chamber’s Bottom Line is available at www.FloridaChamber.com.
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