There's been a lot of talk in the last six months about the need to begin developing higher-skilled jobs that pay enough to keep up with accelerating housing costs in northern Nevada.
If the recent annual report from the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada is any indication, the shift to higher-skilled jobs already has momentum.
In the last 12 months, EDAWN said, the largest single economic impact of any new or expanding company in the area came from Charles River Laboratories, which is moving from Sparks to the former State Farm distribution center on Longley Lane in southeast Reno.
The expansion of the company, which handles pre-clinical testing of pharmaceuticals, carries an estimated first-year economic impact of more than $86 million. It will add about 245 staff, many of them well-paid researchers.
The developing shift to higher-skilled employers was reflected in decisions by smaller companies as well.
For instance, Biotique Systems Inc., which has developed software that allows researchers
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