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Article: Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Michael Liedtke Column.
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- October 4, 1999
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Oct. 3 -- BACKWATER TO CUTTING EDGE: Once considered the province of hayseeds and smokestacks, Central Contra Costa County is entering the 21st century as the land of savvy entrepreneurs and sleek offices.
The dramatic transformation has turned a former backwater into a prototype for the way the country is expected to live and work as the new millennium dawns. In this vision, a growing number of skilled workers is expected to break away from corporate America, by choice or by force, and go into business for themselves in service-oriented or knowledge-based industries such as finance, high technology, consulting and ...