Job Opportunity Building Zones: A Year One Progress Report
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Category: Our Research Reports
An Examination of Metro/Rural Differences in Digital Technology Adoption (2005 Minnesota Internet Study)
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Job Opportunity Building Zones: Constructing the Framework for Program Evaluation (2004)
One of the first bills introduced in the 2003 Minnesota Legislative session was H.F. 3, creating what is now known as rural Job Opportunity Building Zones, or JOBZ. Announced after its passage as Gov. Tim Pawlentyʼs “marquee” rural economic development initiative, the program partitioned most of the state outside of the seven-county metropolitan area into ...
Job Opportunity Building Zones: Constructing the Framework for Program Evaluation
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Capitalizing on the Potential of Minnesota’s Rural Campuses
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Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota Connections: A Business Perspective
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Business, the Internet and Broadband in Greater Minnesota (2004 Survey of Businesses)
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Monitoring the Rise of Broadband use in Greater Minnesota Households (2004 Minnesota Internet Study)
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Examining Efficiency in our Public Schools (2003)
On most measures of success such as graduation rates, parental involvement and achievement test scores, small rural schools consistently confirm their value. However, others argue that due to their small enrollments, many rural school districts simply cannot achieve the necessary critical mass and subsequent economies of scale to reach fiscal efficiency; that the most rational ...