Mayor Reed Discusses Business Development, Job Growth with U.S. Sec. of Commerce Gary Locke and Prominent Atlanta Business Leaders
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2/19/10 Mayor Kasim Reed hosted United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and more than two dozen Atlanta business leaders Friday at City Hall for a roundtable discussion on economic development opportunities and ways to improve Atlanta’s position as a market for international trade and commerce. Mayor Reed and Secretary Locke discussed how city government
can partner with federal agencies to help small businesses
thrive in Atlanta. Job creation is a major focus of both Mayor
Reed’s administration and the administration of President Barack
Obama. “Getting our citizens back to work is one of my top
priorities as Mayor. Equally, it is vital to nurture our
city and state relationships at the federal level to enable us
to compete for available dollars. And the meeting we held
today was a necessary step towards that goal,” said Mayor Kasim
Reed. Mayor Reed, Secretary Locke and the business leaders also
discussed other issues of economic importance to the City and
plans for the fourth Americas Competitiveness Forum on November
14-16, 2010, co-hosted by the City of Atlanta and the U.S.
Department of Commerce. As a hub of private enterprise and an engine of growth for
our region, the City of Atlanta is uniquely positioned to host
ACF 2010. The forum’s outcomes help formulate public
policies that expand opportunities for entrepreneurs and foster
job creation in Atlanta and the State of Georgia. The 2010 ACF
is expected to attract more than 1,000 leaders from 34 nations,
including Presidents and Vice Presidents, US Cabinet members,
government ministers, business executives, academics, as well as
representatives from the region’s Competitiveness Councils,
trade organizations, non-governmental organizations and
international representatives.
Earlier in the day, the two leaders viewed a special
collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers at the Robert
W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center in honor of
Black History Month. |
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