State of the “Knowledge Economy” City

A quote from my friend Mayor Steve Benjamin’s State of the City speech a couple of days ago:

Imagine a new commitment to building a Smart City with high-speed gigabit fiber and focused neighborhood Wi-Fi that not only gives our students access to a 21st Century education, closing the homework gap, but creates an environment for a new explosion in small business investment and high-tech, knowledge economy industry.

Columbia, SC needs to do more than imagine — we need to dig deep and create the environment to attract more knowledge economy industry. Mayor Steve is doing a great job leading the city in this direction, but it will take all of us contributing in all ways possible to make it happen!