News & Updates

09/10/24

Competitiveness Conversations Across America

From Valley to Peak: The Mountain West's Rise as a Hub for Innovation and Growth

The path from imagination to innovation has distinctly characterized the American journey. Americans are about exploration, opportunity, and discovery; about new beginnings; about taking on big challenges.

This is Idaho’s history, and it has never been more true than today—as Idaho’s engine for innovation powered a gross state product (GSP) growth of 5 percent in 2023—the fastest of any U.S. state. Idaho’s innovation economy is attracting private and public investment, companies, and jobs. And it has captured national attention, positioning the Mountain West region as a major player in addressing pressing societal challenges and to seize emerging opportunities….

Read the full op-ed coauthored by Deborah Wince-Smith, President & CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, John Wagner, Director of the Idaho National Laboratory, and Marlene Tromp, President of Boise State University, in the Idaho Press here.

linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram