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List of Interviewees Portland Mike Andrews, Enterprise Foundation David Biedermann, Information Technology Department Vanessa Blake, Portland Chamber of Commerce Rob Bole, Enterprise Foundation David Bragden, Portland Development Commission Molly Cooley, Neighborhood Pride Team Hansford Hair, Neighborhood Pride Team Mary Beth Henry, Office of Cable Communications and Franchise Management Hugh Mackworth, Smart Forest Ventures Meg Merrick, […]

Introduction Communities and economic development groups across the country are exploring ways to encourage people and organizations to go online.  They believe that good things will happen in their communities with greater Internet connectivity.  They think it will help their children learn, improve the job skills of their workforce and make their community a more […]

Introduction Portland prides itself as a center of manufacturing for high-tech goods and an entrepreneurial city where independent-minded people find a receptive climate for starting new businesses.  Portland also has a strong sense of identity as a community, with a passion for environmental protection and a strong ethic of managing growth throughout the region. City […]

(Washington, D.C., March 16) — As the fortunes of Internet companies have fallen in recent months, Americans who have followed these developments believe that the difficulties of dot-coms are attributable to overeager investors looking for quick profits and poor business plans by dot-com entrepreneurs. A smaller number of Americans say that the youth and inexperience […]

The advent of congregational sites Among our respondents, Web sites were fairly well established: 44% have been up for over 2 years, and 78% for at least one year. They were generally created on an ad hoc basis by volunteers (66%) rather than as a planned action of the clergy or a committee (27%). Once […]