...Small Business Development Center, said the Assembly did a good job in supporting the ski area. "According to the Sonoran Institute that has studied communities in the Western United States, the communities that have the best economy have a ski...

...That is what Berners Bay has. The economic value of nature is higher then a gold mine in Berners Bay. Recently a Sonoran Institute economist gave all kinds of information about Juneau economy. Of all the economic opportunities discussed, mining...

...principles behind my analysis are not controversial. A 2004 study, Prosperity in the 21st Century West, by the Sonoran Institute, found that "the slowest growth has been where the [county] economy depends on what can be harvested or dug up...