May 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic Plans $97M Expansion
Mayo Clinic will invest about $97 million in two new major construction projects scheduled to begin this summer in Jacksonville, officials announced this week. The projects will add two floors and 90 beds to its hospital and construct an off-site primary care center near the intersection of Interstate 295 and Gate Parkway. The expansion projects […]
Tags: Dr. William Rupp, expansion, job growth, News4 Jax
May 23, 2012
Mayo Clinic Expanding, Adding Roughly 400 Jobs
Patients come from all over the world to Jacksonville’s Mayo Clinic. So much so, it’s running out of space. Now, an expansion is in the works to bring more room and jobs. “Each morning we find that the number of patients waiting to get in sometimes exceeds the bed capacity we have,” said Chief Administration […]
Tags: Action News Jax, Bob Brigham, job growth
February 6, 2012
Phoenix growth in health and education jobs among fastest in nation
The Phoenix metro area has posted the nation’s second-highest rate of job growth in the private education and health services sector since the end of the recession, according to a new report…As for the growth in Phoenix’s health services, jobs have increased in recent years as the sector played catch-up to the area’s population growth, […]
Tags: Arizona State University, job growth, Lee MePheters, Phoenix, University of Arizona, W. P. Carey School of Business
January 30, 2012
Lori Sturdevant: In Rochester, a key political test of the bonding bill
I’m a trusting sort. I trust that Gov. Mark Dayton included $35 million for expansion of Rochester’s Mayo Civic Center in his proposed bonding bill solely because he shares economic futurist Richard Florida’s vision for Minnesota’s third-largest city. Rochester is poised for the fastest growth in jobs in the nation, Florida says. He projects a […]
Tags: Governor Mark Dayton, job growth, Richard Florida, Rochester Mayo Civic Center