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Page
Howe Raises .LA's Profile During Three-Day Trip
to Washington D.C. With Southern California
Business Leaders
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Veteran
domain investor Page
Howe wrapped up a 3-day
trip to Washington, D.C. last
night as part of a new role he has
taken with the
.LA domain registry,
whom Page joined as Chief Engagement
Officer. Page was one of some 200
Los Angeles area business leaders who made the ACCESS
Washington D.C. trip
(put together by the Los Angeles
Area Chamber of Commerce) to
advocate for Southern California.
Howe
was part of the delegation's Technology and Innovation
team that lobbied for increased investment in targeted growth industries, a permanent ban on internet access taxes and immigration reform that can spur
growth and build a skilled workforce.
Many of those initiatives are also part of the City of L.A.'s 2015 Tech Policy Agenda as outlined by Councilman Bob Blumenfield at
a recent Chamber Innovation and Technology Council meeting.
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Page
Howe
Chief Engagement Officer, .LA
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The
trip gave Howe an opportunity to
showcase the .LA
namespace, one he said can
" help create thousands of jobs and new websites in and about Los Angeles, and promote the development of the needed online web development skills for the new economy jobs LA needs to fill in the next ten
years." Howe can already point
to a significant
sampling of popular websites
built in .LA domains.
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Angeles image from
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Howe
noted, ".LA domains names help national and global companies create websites specifically
tailored to the unique LA style, culture trends and demographics. Startup companies and investors can now create, disrupt and engage customers in .LA with new ideas and better curated local
websites. Businesses and personal brands can obtain shorter and easily remembered and available .LA domains for their websites, especially for restaurants, real estate projects and companies only marketing in and around LA."
"A new economy in the .LA namespace keeps more jobs and commerce local in LA, as opposed to all online spending going out of
area. Keeping
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online and mobile spending local creates a
multiplier effect and recoups money currently
gravelling outside of LA as more and more people shop, buy and purchase
online," Howe concluded. |
The
trip included a White House
briefing Tuesday morning and a
full slate of Administration, Agency
and Capitol Hill advocacy meetings
Tuesday and Wednesday before a
closing dinner last night.
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(Posted
March 19, 2015)
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