Quotes

1. “ We really want to go out into the communities and really provide a clear understanding of economic development as a function within the state and the role that our corporation plays. ”

   By Keith W. Stokes

2. “ We're cutting taxes, we're expanding capital credit programs, we're training a talented workforce. ”

3. “ The challenge that we've had in Rhode Island is that the cost of doing business has been higher, or more difficult and less productive, for the last 20 years and we've seen a number of growing companies in this state just move across borders. ”

   By Keith W. Stokes

4. “ The role that government should play in access to capital credit is not to replace the private equity markets or banks, it's to induce them to lend and invest in your state and industries and businesses within your state and you do that by providing guarantees and credit enhancements. ”

5. “ My fear is that the quality jobs that we have created and continue to create, if we don't have a trained workforce, then I'm creating jobs for Massachusetts and Connecticut residents and that's exactly what we're seeing. ”

   By Keith W. Stokes

6. “ I'm not saying that everyone needs to be a Ph.D. scientist at Amgen or has to have an MBA from Harvard at Fidelity but many of these jobs are chemists, lab technicians and research associates who just require an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree or a certificate of training from New England Tech. ”

   By Keith W. Stokes

7. “ After nearly $600 million in federal and state investment we now have a world-class intermodal business park that employs 9,000 people in 168 different businesses. ”

8. “ Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have all said that we don't want these double wide . ”

   By Keith W. Stokes

Topics Mentioned

• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Harvard
• Keith W. Stokes
• Deepwater Wind
• Community College of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island