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Article: BOOM OR BOMB?(Utah Silicon Valley Alliance)
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- Utah Business
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Utah's Silicon Valley Alliance
Last May, Gov. Mike Leavitt launched an initiative that, if successful, will significantly impact future jobs for Utah's children. But will its boom become a bomb for other facets of Utah life?
The Utah Silicon Valley Alliance (USVA), a joint effort of civic, private, educational and industrial leaders, is making inroads to paving out-roads for Silicon Valley companies to expand to Utah. The USVA also hopes to foster continued high-tech related entrepreneurial development and extend technology activity to Utah's rural areas.
"We are creating more than just jobs. We are creating 21st century careers so our children ...