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Can Jackson use recipe for revival? - Jackson Clarion Ledger
They worked with public officials to create $67 million in bonds for infrastructure, including signage, sidewalks, trees and street furniture. The city's population went from 203,056 in 1990 to 192,494 in 2004, but private investment arrived and growth has accelerated over the last five years.The Virginia Commonwealth University's medical center struck a partnership with business leaders to create a successful biotechnology research park.Business leaders donate use of corporate jets to fly public school human resources staffers to teacher job fairs around the country, where the head of the city's chamber of commerce personally recruits educators. At a recent fair in Minnesota, the group left with 400 resumes.