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It’s a mantra of the age of globalization that where you live doesn’t matter: you can telecommute to your high-tech Silicon Valley job, a ski-slope in Idaho, a beach in Hawaii or a loft in Chicago; you can innovate from Shanghai or Bangalore. According to Richard Florida, this is wrong. Place is not only important, it’s more important than ever.
This book identifies how international events work as a trigger for local development and what hosting cities and nations can do to ensure that positive local development is realized. It reviews experience from more than 30 cities and nations and it looks forward to future events yet to be hosted.
A Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability demonstrates for practitioners exactly how a fair impact-fee program can be designed and implemented. In addition, it includes information on the history of impact fees and discusses alternatives to them, summarizes state legislation that can influence the design of local fee programs, and provides case studies with useful illustrations of successful programs. Forward by David L. Callies and Dwight H. Merriam.
In the last years of the 20th century, the small, proud city of Kalamazoo, Michigan was buffeted by winds of change. Rather than succumb to despair, or look to the state or federal government for assistance, Kalamazoo took proactive measures to seize control of its future. The response has been a new paradigm in economic development: Community Capitalism. Over the past decade, Kalamazoo has seen a concerted effort to harness the spirit, resources, energy and ingenuity of corporations, non-profit organizations, government, philanthropists, foundations and individual entrepreneurs.
In Retooling for Growth, experts present new frameworks, cutting-edge analysis, and innovative policy solutions through which the nation's government, business, civic and community leaders can sculpt a sustainable and supportable economy for older industrial areas. The unique focus on rehabilitating weak market cities outlines ideas for reshaping the role of public agencies, the workforce, business organizations, and technology. Implementation of these measures addresses challenges such as fostering entrepreneurship, reducing poverty and inequality, and maintaining and augmenting the number of skilled professionals who reside and work in a community, among others.
Investment Strategies and Financial Tools for Local Development provides a comprehensive overview of financial instruments and investment strategies being implemented throughout OECD member and non-member countries. It highlights effective tools and explores the roles and responsibilities of governments, public agencies and inter-governmental organizations. The lessons from this book are essential reading for policy makers, practitioners and all actors involved in delivering local development.
Many top emerging universities, not just the “MITs” and “Stanfords,” are successfully launching startups and transferring technologies. From Innovation Associates, this new report shows that universities located in rural or traditional industry areas without high research funding are effective producers of technology and high-tech businesses. Relatively unknowns such as Iowa State University, Brigham Young University, The University of Akron and others are turning out breakthrough technologies and launching new technology enterprises at surprising rates. Examples are Iowa State University, now licensing over 200 innovations each year, more than any university in the nation except the University of California system; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that spins off businesses like MapInfo, a $166 million/year technology firm. This report is the first to highlight successful practices of emerging institutions and provides numerous recommendations and examples for academic leaders, economic developers, and policy makers.
Economic developers need to understand the basic skills and resources necessary to compete, survive and thrive in this new global environment. The ability to create World Class local economies that are both sustainable and transformational in nature is essential as part of today’s economic development playbook. Turn the tide and the table on your global opponents and create a strategy to win in the 21st century. See what more than 55 economic developers and countless key-leaders have to say about best practices that are effective at creating competitive advantage for American economic developers today.
“Green” building and development projects will increase 30 percent per year during the next five years, making them one of the major development trends in our industry. Developing Green shows you how to build your business case and take advantage of your tenants’ and owners’ interest in green development. Learn insiders’ secrets to approaching the LEED® rating system strategically. Go on a national tour of sustainably designed commercial projects with the bonus CD. Get the direction you need to respond quickly and confidently to the fast-growing green development opportunity.
This comprehensive work reveals successful technology transfer and economic development activities of nine major research universities. In-depth case studies provide context and lessons that have made MIT, Stanford, Georgia Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and UC-San Diego and other universities, and their surrounding communities, successful high-tech bastions. Academic, public and private sector leaders will benefit from this book's valuable lessons learned and recommendations. This is the best authority and most widely read book on the subject.
A step-by-step guide to more synthetic, holistic, and integrated urban design strategies, Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities is a practical manual to accomplish complex community design decisions and create more green, clean, and equitable communities.
Based on responses from 5,000 economic developers throughout North America, this is the largest and most comprehensive salary survey report ever conducted for the profession. The report provides a detailed profile of economic developers’ activities, compensation and benefits, including 70 pages of tables of compensation data based on personal, career-related, organizational, and geographic factors (metro area, region, and state). Survey results also are broken down by position, jurisdiction size and EDO operating budget.
No property is an island, which is why the most successful redevelopment initiatives focus on areas. This publication examines core issues and best practices in targeted area redevelopment, which derives synergy from the improvement of multiple properties. IEDC’s research is based on interviews and information from redevelopment practitioners across the country. It illustrates how communities designate an area for redevelopment and use powers to: 1) acquire land; 2) return land to the private sector; and 3) designate tax increment financing districts. The publication discusses these topics in-depth, concentrating on approaches and case studies in nine states.
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