Friday, June 11, 2004

Alliance Launches Telecommute Effort (Newport News Times, June 9, 2004) reports on a county in Oregon that plans to actively recruit teleworkers in their area.

"The Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County is forming a Telecommute Committee aimed at positioning Lincoln County as a place for telecommuters to live and work.

"The group will assess and inventory telecommunications infrastructure throughout Lincoln County including cellular service coverage, municipal regulations governing home-based businesses throughout the county, and pursue strategies aimed at making the central coast as telecommute-friendly as possible. Interested volunteers are invited to participate."

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"Active support of telecommuting, and telecommunications infrastructure are goals listed in Lincoln County's long-range plan for economic development, because such activity brings dollars and generally well-paying jobs into the local economy from outside of Lincoln County, has minimal impact on transportation infrastructure, and is environmentally sound."



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