Oregon Innovation Council Presents Innovation Plan
The Oregon Innovation Council (Oregon InC) today
presented the state Innovation Plan and urged Oregon's Governor and state
legislature to adopt an economic stimulus package of up to $40 million to be
invested by 2009. The Council's "roadmap" is designed to
create business and employment opportunities throughout the state.
The package supports growth strategies embraced by innovation-driven
industries, such as food processing, manufacturing, alternative energy, and
key industrial research centers.
David Chen of OVP Venture Partners and Chair of the Oregon Innovation
Council, sits on the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee. The Steering Committee
will review the Innovation Plan and intends to include it's recommendations
in the Oregon Business Plan.
Chen, along with Oregon InC Co-Chair Stuart Cohen, presented the Plan to
the Governor today at Gunderson, a railroad-car and barge fabricator located
in Northwest Portland.
Chen said that the Plan was the result of ten months of intensive outreach,
hearings, proposal deliberations and prioritizations. He also described
the Plan as "a roadmap for Oregon to apply and align our indigenous
advantages, the research in our universities, the initiatives in our industry
clusters, and public investments to target new market opportunities that have
the potential to create jobs and opportunity in every corner of the
state."
The Plan's Executive Summary can be viewed at the Oregon InC website (www.oregoninc.org)
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