Comments on: Job Creation in Over The Rhine http://andyerickson.org/2009/02/24/job-creation-in-over-the-rhine/ finding the good in people Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sciske http://andyerickson.org/2009/02/24/job-creation-in-over-the-rhine/comment-page-1/#comment-1887 sciske Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:38:12 +0000 http://andyerickson.org/?p=336#comment-1887 You raise an interesting point about near-shoring (on-shoring). I've never been to Whitesburg or Pikeville, but I have looked at rural places here in Texas and surrounding states. What I find, in addition to lapse in tech training (which I believe can easily be solved), is the lack of basic infrastructure. You can have an entire community with the necessary skills. However, unless the community also has the infrastructure like reliable power, high speed connections, etc the effort to get them integrated might be lost. It would be interesting to study the amount of infrastructure investments companies like Toyota and Wal-Mart have to make when moving to a rural community. You raise an interesting point about near-shoring (on-shoring). I’ve never been to Whitesburg or Pikeville, but I have looked at rural places here in Texas and surrounding states. What I find, in addition to lapse in tech training (which I believe can easily be solved), is the lack of basic infrastructure.

You can have an entire community with the necessary skills. However, unless the community also has the infrastructure like reliable power, high speed connections, etc the effort to get them integrated might be lost. It would be interesting to study the amount of infrastructure investments companies like Toyota and Wal-Mart have to make when moving to a rural community.

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