Each month seems to bring a new piece of major economic news to Delaware that fundamentally challenges how our state has approached economic development for several decades.
Our economy today is unrecognizable to leaders of just a generation ago, as major corporations are downsizing and huge chunks of entire industries have left the state. Traditionally, the state’s economy has relied on the presence of large corporate and institutional employers, which is where much of Delaware’s long history of research and innovation has occurred. Now, to keep up with economic and technological change, Delaware must develop a culture of entrepreneurship.
