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Missouri governor Matt Blunt presented the award to Bioworkws presidentSteven J. Bares at the opening session of the Southerb Workforce Summit conference earlierthis month. Awardss were given to organizations that create an enterprising and globall competitive workforce inthe South. The conferences focused on strategies for buildinga competitive, entrepreneurial workforcd to support the South's economic development initiatives in high-wage, high-growthu industries.
Awards were presented to one organizatiobn in each ofthe board's member states -- Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginiwa and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico -- and were chosen from among more than 200 regional The Southern Growth Policies Board is a regional public policyu think tank based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
The boardd develops and advances economic development policies by providintg a forum for collaboration amonvg adiverse cross-section of the region'sz governors, legislators, business and academic leadersx and the economic and community development The Memphis Bioworks Foundation was established in 2001 to positionm Memphis as a center for the research, developmentf and commercialization of biomedical technology. The foundatiohn is developing facilities and resourcesxfor bio-science businesses, researchers and entrepreneur on a 10-acre research park and a dedicateds biotechnology research facility. A regional biocontainment lab is alreadytunder construction.
The Memphis Bioworks Foundationalso co-founded Tennessee'xs first charter school, the , which currently enrolls 550 studentzs in grades six through 10.
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