1. Philadelphia County

2. Greater Philadelphia 5th Population 5th Personal income
5th Labor force
4th Media market

3. Powerful Market
46.1 million people; $1.46 trillion in spending power

4. Philadelphia County Center of Higher Education 31 of 101 schools
113,768 FTE students
40.2% of all degrees awarded
39,937 bachelors
12,081 advanced
1,409 engineering

5. Philadelphia County Higher Education Economic Impact
$9.02 billion in operations %
$928 million in student spending %
$884 million in R & D %
$280 million average construction 48%

6. Philadelphia County Entrepreneurial Assets
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
BioAdvance
Enterprise Center
Keystone Innovation Zones
Small Business Development Centers
University City Science Center

7. Philadelphia County Innovation Resources 70% of R & D grants
152 university research programs
Tech transfer programs at:
CHOP, Drexel, Fox Chase, Penn, Temple, Thomas Jefferson, U. of Sciences, Wistar

8. Philadelphia County University City Science Center
350 company graduates
15,700 employed by 93 graduates
42,000 total jobs
$5 billion GRP

9. Core Functions Select Greater Philadelphia
GPR competes actively for projects
Operates an organized, managed process
Generates accurate data and analysis
Develops messages and outreach
Conducts policy advocacy

10. Assist Companies Single Regional Source For Information Site tours
Introductions
Local partner coordination
Incentive facilitation

11. Logistics Media Tour Hosted Reporters
Australia, Brazil, Korea, Germany, South Africa, UK
Three day, tri-state tour
Ports, transportation, warehousing
Generated four articles to date

12. Gardner Denver, Inc. Industrial Equipment Manufacturer
Organized four visits
Assisted workforce analysis
Search and relocation roundtables
12 HR meetings
Responded to inquiries
Housing, commuter patterns, culture, quality of life, etc.

13. Cumulative Results Business Attraction 55 companies 3,705 jobs
$326 million annual direct impact
$701 million annual output
7/31/10

14. Single Regional Resource
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