Appalachia Risk Is Their Business by Fred D. Baldwin n a cavernous, nearly empty red brick building that once housed the offices of a subsidiary of U.S. Steel, two small businesses are flourishing like seedlings taking root in the stump of a fallen forest giant. You cannot be happy with what you have today. If you are, the world will pass you by. You've got to look for new entrepreneurs.
Economic development is an evolutionary process . . . .
You've got to look for new entrepreneurs. Over time, it has evolved into a cluster of related programs. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, noting that small businesses constitute 98 percent of the state's economic base, points out that corporate downsizing makes state-local partnerships more important than ever. Local officials know best the needs of their communities. The Northwest Commission does in fact use a great many economic development tools.