Byline: Eve Samples
Oct. 4--To promote regional economic development, instead of county-by-county business recruitment, Indian River Community College plans to head an "Innovation Council" for the Treasure Coast, modeling it after the public-private group Joint Venture in Silicon Valley.
Edwin Massey, president of IRCC, volunteered the college to lead the council during an economic summit Wednesday, where leaders from the four-county area said they were tired of just talking about collaboration. They said they are ready to take the plunge.
"We have done enough studying, folks, and we need to start doing. That's the bottom line," Massey told a group of about 120 ...