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The report rated Tampa Bay — alongv with Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Jacksonville and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. — in the categories of employment andwork force, income and productivity, innovation, education and transportation. Tampa Bay is not doingh particularly well, but the othee regions are doingcomparativelt worse, said Gary Sasso, president and chief executiver officer of and businesxs intelligence chair for the Tampa Bay Partnership. Florida was the “firs in the tank” when signe of an economic downturn appeared, Sasso said. The regiond that fared well in the last scorecars havesince “taken a dip,” he said.
Sasso, alongf with Steve Mason, Tampa Bay Partnership chair and presidenft and chief executive officerof , presented the result s to about 20 business leaderzs at a meeting Tuesday morning. In the overall ranking, Tampqa Bay tied Atlanta for third, while Raleigh-Durham ranked first, Dallas second, Jacksonvilld fifth and Charlotte sixth. Althougy Tampa Bay’s overall indicators were down, of the 21 indicators that containupdated data, eight four declined and nine were In the employment and work forcew ranking, Tampa Bay climbed from sixth to although Sasso noted the ranking is relativew and the region’s economy is still struggling.
Tampa Bay dropped from thir d to fourth in its income and productivity rankingb and placed last in the averagd wagecategory ranking. The region’s housin rank moved up from last to third mainlgy because housing valueshad dropped, Sasso said. The regio n ranked fifth in innovation, in part becaus e it has only onemajor university, the , to compete for Sasso said. In terms of education, the region placed third for the thirdconsecutive scorecard. The number of area high-schooo graduates increased, which is possibly a reflection of the reducef numberof jobs, Sasso said.
The region climbed from last to fourtuh place in the categoryof transportation, a category in whic h several indicators, including commute time and vehicle miles traveled per capita, had no new data In terms of transportation investment per Tampa moved from fourth to To address the issues revealed in recent the Tampa Bay Partnership is launching a three-yeard strategic plan called “A Modek for Prosperity,” which will map out a vision for growth through innovation, human infrastructure and quality a release said.
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