Ocala is No. 1 for job creation?
Well it is according to The Milken Institute (whoever they are) as recorded in the Ocala Star Banner article.
OCALA - The Milken Institute of Santa Monica, Calif., has ranked the Ocala metropolitan area as the country's Best-Performing City for job creation. The annual report is based on data from 2006. "Best Performing Cities 2007" will be published Wednesday morning, said Jennifer Manfre, the institute's associate director of communication. The institute looked at which metropolitian areas "are the most successful at creating and sustaining jobs," according to the report.
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Here's the report's statement on Ocala: "Ocala leaps into the top spot in the 2007 Best-Performing Cities Index, up from 13th in the previous index. It owes its position to consistent, top-ten growth rankings across specific categories, such as wages and technology output. Perhaps most impressive is Ocala's job growth, which averaged 5.8 percent from 2004 through 2006. Ocala shared in the Florida housing boom witnessed from 2002 through 2006. Its proximity to Disney World links its economic fate with the travel-and-tourism sector. But unlike many other Florida metros, Ocala has greater dependence on the manufacturing industry, where Lockheed Martin's circuit-board facility is a technology anchor. Coupled with Cingular Wireless operations, this technological presence boosts Ocala's ranking to 2nd in the country for high-tech output growth over the past five years. "
We're number one. Who knew?
OCALA - The Milken Institute of Santa Monica, Calif., has ranked the Ocala metropolitan area as the country's Best-Performing City for job creation. The annual report is based on data from 2006. "Best Performing Cities 2007" will be published Wednesday morning, said Jennifer Manfre, the institute's associate director of communication. The institute looked at which metropolitian areas "are the most successful at creating and sustaining jobs," according to the report.
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Here's the report's statement on Ocala: "Ocala leaps into the top spot in the 2007 Best-Performing Cities Index, up from 13th in the previous index. It owes its position to consistent, top-ten growth rankings across specific categories, such as wages and technology output. Perhaps most impressive is Ocala's job growth, which averaged 5.8 percent from 2004 through 2006. Ocala shared in the Florida housing boom witnessed from 2002 through 2006. Its proximity to Disney World links its economic fate with the travel-and-tourism sector. But unlike many other Florida metros, Ocala has greater dependence on the manufacturing industry, where Lockheed Martin's circuit-board facility is a technology anchor. Coupled with Cingular Wireless operations, this technological presence boosts Ocala's ranking to 2nd in the country for high-tech output growth over the past five years. "
We're number one. Who knew?
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