Issue Position: Our Economy

Issue Position

Grow high-value industries that provide lifelong career opportunities--film, renewable energy, technology, aviation, health care.

Our economy needs some serious work, and we want out youth to have a range of careers that will give them the opportunity to pursue jobs right here in our state. As your Representative from District 29, I want to:

Champion the growth of our film, high-tech, health, and renewable energy industries--we have two solar farms already located right in District 29--leading to the types of careers that last a lifetime and produce valuable returns across the entire economy;

Invest in our infrastructure, especially our broadband internet capacity, to close the digital divide and bring a world of opportunities to every community in our state;

Invest in entrepreneurial and small business education and resource centers to provide the skills training and vision for those pursuing new opportunities;

Ensure we're providing our children with the skills and knowledge necessary to compete in today's economy -- and tomorrow's. I will fight for evidence-based education in literacy and mathematics as well as developing STEM and STEAM programs that will boost our children into future careers, careers that may not even exist yet; and

Develop apprenticeship programs in traditional and emerging industries that combine real life experience and training hand in hand with high school and post-secondary credentials.

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