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Economic and community Economic and community development at Virginia Tech: development at Virginia Tech: Understanding your Understanding your friendly friendly neighborhood neighborhood land grant land grant John Provo, Director Office of Economic Development May 2014
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Economic and community Economic and community development at Virginia Tech: development at Virginia Tech: Understanding your Understanding your friendlyfriendly
neighborhoodneighborhood land grant land grant
John Provo, Director
Office of Economic Development
May 2014
National Capital Region
Hampton Roads
PetersburgSouthern Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Blacksburg
Our core four strategies Our core four strategies Relationships with industry
Resilience through diverse strategies Developing talent
Living laboratoriesKnowledge incubation and acceleration
Translational approach to researchCommunity economic development
Reducing barriers, improving readiness, and growing opportunities
Working with usWorking with usWe’re looking for reciprocally
beneficial partnerships
We’re typically a service provider not a real estate solution
Faculty function like an individual business, but we have intermediaries to help you “sell” to them
John Provo, Ph.D. Director
Office of Economic Development (0373)Outreach and International Affairs
Virginia Tech702 University City Blvd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061Website: http://www.econdev.vt.edu
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnprovo Twitter: http://twitter.com/japrovo
Blog: http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/econdevelopment/ Tel: 540-231-4004
