Please contact the PEDC office to confirm dates and times. Phone (813) 926-0827.

Pasco Economic Development Council Announces New President/CEO

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Pasco-Based Dais Analytic Signs $200 Million Dollar Trade Agreement with China
Dais Nanotechnology Will Help China "Go Green"

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Florida Ranks No. 4 for Innovation

Florida ranks fourth in the nation in terms of high-tech employment with 20,000 doctoral scientists and engineers and more than 276,000 high-tech workers, according to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Intellectual Propoerty Center.  The study looks at the importance of intellectual property and innovation in America, as well as the roles that innovation and creativity play in each state.  University research and development expenditures in Florida were more than $1.6 billion in 2007, leading to more than 800 patent applications, 171 granted patents and 135 patents for commercial use, according to the report.  It notes that Florida innovators received 2,358 patents in 2007, ranking it 11th in the nation in patents granted.  

Contact:  Global Intellectual Property Center, 202-463-5601
               htttp://www.theglobalipenter.com

July 2009

 Pasco County - Leap Into Excellence

In order to meet the challenges confronting Pasco County, including the fiscal realities created by Amendment 1 and the continuing economic downturn, we need to know where we want the County to be in the next several years. We need to identify the goals, priorities and programs our citizens want and need, so that we can focus our increasingly limited resources to meeting those goals. -- John Gallagher, Administrator

For updated information on this process, visit the county's website at:  www.pascocountyfl.net and click on the Leap button on the left navigation panel

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