Night-table reading for Chamber types?

A Georgia Tech study on Atlanta's loss of high-tech start-ups (hat tip to Pete Randall at www.peachpundit.com) might provide some lessons for the Chamber of Commmerce types and economic development professionals who continue to pursue the dream of turning the Athens-Atlanta corridor into a center for bioscience- and biotechnology-related industries.

I haven't read the entire study, but this bit would seem to hold some lessons for those who would ignore what Athens itself has to offer in favor of the time-honored techniques of offering infrastructure improvements, tax abatements, and "spec" buildings to industrial prospects:

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