On February 16, 2007, John Melville presented his research findings indentifying targets of opportunity for economic development on the North Coast. His audience on the Humboldt State University campus consisted of staff, faculty, career counselors, current students, and recent graduates. John Melville of Collaborative Economics (Mountain View) is the consultant to the State of California Economic Strategy Panel. He developed an approach to looking at regional economies that combines the interests of economic development (base industry clusters) and workforce development (current labor market demand and career ladders). He uses several sets of data from EDD and a proprietary database on new firm creation to look at growth indicators in 5 criteria to determine an emerging and promising industry: * Increasing jobs * Increasing job quality (wages) * Increasing or steady concentration vs. CA * Increasing firm growth * Market connection The California Economic Strategy Panel conducted a...