[Vision2020] Real Economic Value

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

Re: Real Economic ValueThe press release from someone putting their money ($1.5 million) where their mouth is, Robin Woods of Alturas Analtyics, speaks volumes about the "anti-business" myth that you and the GMA keep trying to perpetuate, Gary.

She says, and I quote from the press release itself: 
  "We are pleased to break ground on our new facility in Moscow," said Robin Woods, President of Alturas Analytics.  "We have chosen to do so, despite recruitment efforts from other states, because we value the quality of life we have here", Woods continued.  "Our new laboratory will provide enhanced capacity to serve our clients and do so in a business friendly community that supports our efforts".  
(emphasis added).

Here is the entire release, from August of this year.
BDL

News Release

 

For Immediate Release            Contact:            Margaret Howlett   

August 30, 2007                                               Latah Economic Development Council

                                                                        208-885-3883

 

                                                                                                                

Alturas Analytics, Inc. to Break Ground on New Facility
 

Alturas Analytics will hold a ground breaking ceremony for their new facility on Thursday, September 6, 2007, 4:00 pm at Alturas Technology Park, Moscow, Idaho.  The new facility will double the company's current square footage and increase their laboratory capacity twofold.  The estimated cost of the expanded facility is $1.5 million.  Alturas currently employs 16 and expects that number to increase with the new facility.

 

Alturas Analytics, Inc. is a competitive provider of LC/MS/MS services, and contracts to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In recent years, the demand for outsourced laboratory testing has expanded and Alturas Analytics has captured a greater share of that expanded market.  

 

"We are pleased to break ground on our new facility in Moscow," said Robin Woods, President of Alturas Analytics.  "We have chosen to do so, despite recruitment efforts from other states, because we value the quality of life we have here", Woods continued.  "Our new laboratory will provide enhanced capacity to serve our clients and do so in a business friendly community that supports our efforts".





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: B. J. Swanson 
  To: v2020 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Real Economic Value




  The idea of high tech jobs being a good fit and economic driver for Moscow is based on the assets and culture we already have to attract and support them.  Assets being the University of Idaho, research dollars, quality of life, arts community, etc.  The high tech jobs bring in new money to support several other jobs within the community and raise the overall standard of living.  Those high paying jobs will support housing, retail and overall good of the community.  Very similar to the economic models of Dr. Richard Florida.

  We are not a Seattle, San Francisco or Washington DC, won't be in the next 100 years and it sounds like we don't want to be.  Comparing Moscow with 12,000 permanent residents with cities of over 1 million doesn't work.  We have limited resources.  We are not a blue collar town and don't have an industrial base to build from. But we are very fortunate to have two major universities nearby and should capitalize on what they have to offer.

  At the MCA Smart Growth Forum on Monday night, Robin Woods and David Alexander explained why their companies are in Moscow instead of Seattle or San Francisco.  Sue Hovey and Bev Bafus just said the same thing.  It's quality of life.  Quality of life is not an interstate, a Wal-Mart or a strip-mine.  It is a sense of community, the arts, walk ability, Farmers Market, parks, open spaces, safety, good schools, Paradise Path/Latah Trail, etc.  
   
  Thanks to the current City Council and Mayor, we have a new fiber optic loop funded by a grant, the first new building in Alturas Technology Park Phase II and a proposed Urban Renewal District between the Downtown and the University.  These are certainly not examples of "No-Growth" and "Anti-Business" that the conservative candidates keep touting.  They are also examples of a positive attitude for the future instead of dwelling in the past. 

  B. J. Swanson

  "The affluence of the few presupposes the indigence of the many." Adam Smith 


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