A friend showed me this wonderful article of what other cities and regions are doing to address Brain Drain. Click on the link and scroll down to "Keeping the brains in town".

Link: EDPro Weblog: Economic Development for Today’s Professionals.

Last night at the Council on Virginia’s Futures’ Forum in Richmond, Richard Florida spoke to a group of 200 folks about the Flight of the Creative Class. He said the two characteristics of growth cities are (1) quality of life amenities and (2) inclusion and acceptance of people. These are the cities where the creative class is going.

He also made a point that the recent college graduate is the most excluded group in cities. These are the exact people that we have in the Roanoke and New River Valleys that we must retain for the future prosperity of our region.

You can read more about Florida and his clippings and books at the following link. 

Link: CreativeClass.org.