For economic and community developers, a new “best of” and “top places” ranking season is underway. While it may not be as popular as basketball’s March Madness, there is no doubt that economic and community performance rankings attract a lot …
Tag Archives: economic gardening
Posted in Blog, Businesses, Collaboration Facilitation, Fourth Economy Index, Innovation Based Economic Development, Market Intelligence, Real Estate Analysis, Site Selection, Steve McKnight, Strategic Planning
Tagged Collaboration, Community, community development, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Fourth Economy Index, innovation, investment, job growth, place, ranking, rankings, regional, strategic planning, Sustainability
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Many traditional approaches and methods for economic development are failing to keep up with the changing nature of job creation and investment in our communities. We submit that even those traditional measures, jobs and investment totals, that have been sacrosanct …
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Innovation Based Economic Development, Reflections & Takeaways, Rich Overmoyer
Tagged Community, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, education, Fourth Economy Index, investment, jobs, nextspace, place, solopreneur, Sustainability, talent, taxes, workforce
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No one will deny that the American and global economies have been in an extended slump. The question is what will lead us out of the doldrums? Right now the big argument seems to be between advocates of clean energy …
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Investment, Reflections & Takeaways, Research & Data, Research & Development
Tagged economic development, economic gardening, economics, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, innovation, investment, research, startup
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Last month I attended a discussion in Pittsburgh hosted by GTECH Social Capital Council around the issue of innovation in the reuse of underutilized assets. The event brought together a cross-section of interested participants, including lawyers, entrepreneurs, community and …
Posted in Blog, Collaboration, Communities, Deep Thoughts, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Green & Sustainability, Innovation, Pittsburgh, Transformation
Tagged buildings, Collaboration, Community, economic development, economic gardening, EDA, GTECH, innovation, land use, Pashek Associates, PCKIZ, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Central Keystone Innovation Zone, place-making, PopCity, re|work, social innovation exchange, underserved, underutilized assets
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Before we get too far into the new fiscal year, we thought we’d go back and look at how the innovation-based economic development (IBED) world fared in the last round of state budgets. Tax credits continue to be a favored …
Posted in Blog, Deep Thoughts, Economic Development, Growth, Innovation, Investment, Leadership, Policy, Public-Private Partnership, Research & Data, Transformation, United States
Tagged communities, economic gardening, funding, Growth, IBED, innovation, investment, Perspectives, state budget, tax credits, white paper
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The Glass is Half . . .? We recently conducted a survey of our e-newsletter readers and LinkedIn group friends. We were looking to see what people are thinking about in terms of economic development. The responses tell us a …
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Innovation, Investment, Policy, Public-Private Partnership, Research & Data, Research & Development, Site Selection
Tagged economic development, economic drivers, economic gardening, Fourth Economy Index, IBED, political stalemate, tax climate, workforce, workforce development
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Would you cut your personal budget today by $1,000 if you knew, as a result, you would lose $3,500 five years from now? Pennsylvania and many other states are contemplating significant reductions in their funding of programs that support economic …
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Pennsylvania, Science & Technology
Tagged Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Budget, DCED, economic development, economic gardening, Ohio, PA, Pennsylvania
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