St. James Launches Acceler Model(c) to 2nd and 3rd Tier U.S. Cities

(PRWEB) March 10, 2005

Sonia St. James, a leading expert in processes designed to accelerate sustainable technology-based epicenters, today announced the availability of Acceler Model(c) to all U.S. second and third tier cities. The Acceler Model(c), a copyrighted series of processes, focuses on a region’s or community's most relevant technology industry base and related resources and assets to create a platform and epicenter that spurs and supports business development and economic momentum.

The Acceler Model(c) is proving successful for Lubbock, Texas. By focusing on Lubbock’s proximity to a variety of companies and services including: medical research and treatment resources, medical device companies, food and animal science research and development resources, life science resources, and plant genetics research and development resources, and others, the Acceler Model(c) served Lubbock in helping the city to create a nationally recognized bioscience epicenter. Upon adoption of the model in 2002, the Lubbock Regional BioScience Industry Initiative was founded. Less than one year after its launch, the Lubbock Regional BioScience Industry Initiative was credited as being the catalyst for the formation of the West Tech Ventures Fund, a life science venture fund commercializing life science technologies from within the Texas Tech University System. The fund has launched four regional life science companies since 2003.

“The Acceler Model(c) created simplicity of the complicated steps we needed to take in order to successfully put Lubbock on the map through our technologies,” said Dale Gannaway, director of Lubbock Regional BioScience Initiative. “Since inception of the Model, we found academic and entrepreneurial resources, and a network of volunteers and advisors that have provided the strengths to create our bioscience epicenter.”

The Acceler Model(c) accommodates nearly any industry type. To date initiatives have been designed to serve communities with bioscience, collaborative commerce, fabless semiconductor, wireless, next generation communications, information management and security, international, and application service provider industries.

“I’m thrilled to be able to roll this out to the nation’s cities and towns that need this type of support,” said Sonia St. James, founder and president of the Acceler Model(c). “The exciting part of this model is that it supports all of a city’s or town’s resources while unifying the community or region for continuing growth and stability.”

St James continues, “The Lubbock situation is an excellent testimonial of what can be achieved within a very short amount of time with the Acceler Model(c).”

The Acceler Model(c) was utilized in Austin, Texas as a platform for organizing resources during the community’s original period of technology growth. The Acceler Model(c) is currently being implemented in Lubbock, Texas and Midland, Texas.

About Acceler Model(c)

The Acceler Model(c) is a process designed to accelerate sustainable technology-based economies. Under the model, the private sector is actively engaged to identify and leverage existing and potential community resources and incentivized to spur business development and sustainable growth. Communities that use the Acceler Model(c) have successfully created and implemented plans for fulfilling their own technology objectives and generated critical mass epicenters that strategically supports neighboring regions. Additionally, the Acceler Model(c) puts communities on the map in a way other than pure real estate.

For more information on the Acceler Model(c), please visit the Acceler Model(c) web site at http://www.accelermodel.com, or call 866.806.1311.

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