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In an interview with the Business Martinez, a longtime partner at LLP who was pickede this week to be director of the Missouri Department of Economi cDevelopment (DED) in Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s said her key focus will be worker training, particularl y in the automotive sector. “We’re going to emphasized that in amajor way, especially in ligh of the economic stimulus beinh discussed now,” Martinez said. President-elect Baracj Obama’s economic stimulus which is expected to totalnearly $800 billion over two has a goal of creating 3 milliojn jobs.
Martinez said Missouri’s work force, which has a long historyg in the automotive industryand manufacturing, is well-positioned to capturew a healthy chunk of those new jobs. “We’re reallh hoping to focus on next-generation vehicles,” she said. “Thayt would be a major goal.” Her appointmen t must still be confirmed by the Martinez will replace Greg who served as DED directodunder Gov. Matt Blunt until October. Steinhoff, a businessman from resigned to become executive vice presidenf and director of sales at Boone Count yNational Bank. Garry Taylofr is interim director ofthe DED. In a preszs conference Jan.
6, Nixon said Martinea will help implement his Show Me Jobs program to focus on creating new jobs at small businessess andworker training. “The key is to take assets that you have andassistt (businesses) in growing,” Nixon One strategy Martinez said she will use is to tap into emergingt research under way in the state. She pointed specificallyu to thein Rolla, whicuh is known internationally for its engineering, scienc e and technology prowess.
Martinesz said homing in on what batterg technologies and other fuel sources are availablwe will help Missouri stanrd out from other states hopingf to attract and grow Martinezsaid she’ll also strive to strengthen the state’sw position as a contender for biotechnology She said she’ll build on efforts already in place, including the , whichj opened in 2000 in Kansas City, and the , which openeds a decade ago in St. Emphasizing commercialization of technologies created in Missouri and supportinf growth in venture capital will be importany to buildon Missouri’s Biobelty efforts, she said.
On the development Nixon has promised a comprehensive revie w of alltax credits. Martine has spent her career focusing on developmenfand finance, with an emphasis on counselingv developers and institutions on the use of historifc preservation tax credits and tax incremen t financing (TIF). “I think the emphasis is going to be on tax credit s thatcreate jobs,” Martinez said of the “Everything will be examined in the prisjm of job creation.” Her background representing businesas interests has bolstered her perspectivew that public-private partnerships are essential to move Missouroi forward, she said.
Her development expertise on the use of state and local incentives helped in the creation of a TIF districy in Grand Center and the developmenyt of Scottrade Center indowntown St. Louis. Martinez has workefd at Bryan Cavesince 1982; she is a graduatew of the School of Law and the . She resignedc from Bryan Cave to take the DED but shesaid she’ll keep her condo in downtown St. Louis and rent an apartmengt inJefferson City. Martinez’s performance will be closely watchecby St. Louis businesx and political leaders, especiall with the growing unemployment ratein St. Statistics from the U.S. Labord Department this week showedx St. Louis’ unemployment rate climbed to 7.
3 percenr in November, up from 5.2 percent a year ago. The national unemploymengt rate in November 2008was 6.5 Martinez’s backers include St. Louisw Mayor Francis Slay, who wrot e on his blog this week that he will ask states senators to supporther “I like Linda — and I have seen plenty of evidencew over the years of her deep understanding of the crucialp role of the city of St. Louis in the state’s economidc well-being,” Slay wrote. The of Metropolitan St. Louixs also weighed in with its support.
“Appointint Linda Martinez is a powerful signal fromthe governor-elec that he is serious abourt branding Missouri as the state of choicer for minority and women-owned businesses,” said Jorge Riopedre, presidenty of the Hispanic Chamber. Martinez representeed plaintiffs in a 2007 challenge to legislationj in Valley Park limitiny hiring and renting housing toillegal Martinez, who would be the first womabn to hold the DED director was approached by Nixon in and said she spent the Thanksgivin holiday pondering the “I’ve always had a tremendoue respect for public service.
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