Can’t Phoenix grow its own?
TweetWhy is Phoenix always trying to attract companies from outside the state? I hear way more about the state, county and municipalities offering incentives to out-of-state companies than I do about those same governments funding local business development. I know I’m sounding like Derek Neighbors here, but it’s something that’s been bugging me. If cities put as many dollars into funding and supporting local entrepreneurs as they give in tax breaks to big out-of-state companies, there would be no lack of hot startups coming out of Phoenix.
Much of the Valley’s population is made up of transplants. Nearly everyone is from somewhere else. But why do we apply that same model to business here?
UPDATE: Thanks to Tyler Hurst for pointing out that I originally had “it’s” instead of “its” in the title.
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