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color=#000000 size=3>One other thought that occurs to me as I mention high tech
companies that fit the bill for the kinds of economic development we ought to be
encouraging is that I totally spaced the infrastructure improvement that the
City has recently sought to undertake which is directed toward the kinds of
companies that we hope will grow and develop here -- extending a fiber
optic connection in a continuous loop beyond downtown, extending
to Alturas business park up Mountainview to D Street (Eggan Youth Center,
I believe) and back to downtown. And in thinking about that, I realize
that I completely forgot the host for this list, First Step Internet, which has
also extended high-speed connectivity throughout Latah County and their local
ISP competitor, Cactus Computers. I'm sure there are other businesses that
I've forgotten, EMSI, for example, but my list was not meant to be
exclusive, just illustrative.</FONT></o:p></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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Livingston</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Bruce and Jean
Livingston<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday,
September 19, 2006 8:55 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
Bill London; vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] why is <st1:City
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Bill, one reason not to scrap our economic development
efforts is that being a bedroom community doesn't pay the bills. The
expenses of extending infrastructure and fire and police protection exceed the
tax revenue brought in by mere residential property, and retail is not
significantly better. We would be much better off if we could continue to
bring in and grow companies like AHA, Terra Graphics, Eco-Analysts, Alturas
Analytics and Anatek Labs, etc. Encouraging emerging businesses to develop
from their infancy here, and recruiting others that value our quality of life
and do not depend on extracting scarce natural resources, particularly water,
for their business to succeed, is a sensible endeavor. And it does wean us
a bit from dependence on the University, while transferring some of that
brain-work to the taxpaying side of the ledger. Bruce Livingsto<FONT
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