Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"Same Talent-Better Location"
KENTUCKY...
With the slogan "Same Talent, Better Location," several eastern Kentucky technical services and computer firms want to market Appalachia as a potential hotbed for future high-tech jobs. The Silicon Hollow Association launched Monday during a daylong conference in Somerset attended by community and business leaders. It was an effort to share technological expertise available in eastern Kentucky and most needed services. Organizers say the first step is getting companies and government entities to tap into the knowledge base of their own backyard when they need technological help. But they also are looking far beyond that goal and want to eventually replace the stereotypes of rural Appalachia by marketing its talent nationwide.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:29 AM 
