Jobs for New England Now » Pittsburgh http://www.jobsfornewenglandnow.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:04:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Memo to Rell and Legislature: Pay attention to Pittsburgh http://www.jobsfornewenglandnow.org/2009/09/25/memo-to-rell-and-legislature-pay-attention-to-pittsburgh/ http://www.jobsfornewenglandnow.org/2009/09/25/memo-to-rell-and-legislature-pay-attention-to-pittsburgh/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:31:03 +0000 admin http://www.jobsfornewenglandnow.org/?p=531 Great piece today from Rick Green in the Hartford Courant’s CTConfidential Blog. Hopefully our state leaders can take a cue from the fine people of Pittsburgh. If they don’t, we may never have a chacne at a G-20 Summit. Here’s a snipet, full piece is here: Connecticut should pay attention to the Pittsburgh revival story that’s getting a lot of play with the G-20 Summit that begins today.

Not so long ago, Pittsburgh was a place young people were fleeing, a city with a once proud manufacturing history saddled with an aging population. Does this sound like Connecticut? We are learning — again — this week that we are one of the oldest states in the nation.
We are a place where young people leave, where newly retired wealthy residents can’t wait to get out, where we are left with an older population that has few options — except to remain

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