The document summarizes a presentation given by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) about their work supporting economic development professionals in Ontario. EDCO is the largest provincial economic development association in Canada with nearly 600 members from across Ontario. They provide professional development, disseminate information, and act as a liaison between various levels of government and businesses. One of their key initiatives was a 2007 project that involved mock site selector visits to communities to assess their investment readiness. The visits found that many communities lacked essential readiness factors like available industrial sites and updated economic development strategies. The presentation recommends steps like education programs, website enhancements, and a certification program to help communities improve their investment attraction capabilities.
Moving in the Right Direction: The Latest Trends in CEDS Planningnado-web
During the 2019 NADO Annual Training Conference (October 19 - 22 in Reno, NV), Mike Manis shares information on creating and delivering interactive CEDS.
New Growth Innovation Network: Strengthening Regions Through Equity and Econo...nado-web
Amanda Straight (New Growth Innovation Network) discusses tools and tactics to build equity into organizations and tactics at the NADO-DDAA Washington Conference.
Statewide Evaluation of CTE Pathways Initiative (SB70)ccpc
June Lee-Bayha
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
San Diego, CA
Cindy Wijma
Research Associate
WestEd
San Diego, CA
California Department of Education staff will review Specialized Secondary Program (SSP) expectations, including evaluation data, as well as upcoming fiscal reports and the requirements to continue program implementation funding. Current programs will share strategies and challenges. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn about SSP.
Moving in the Right Direction: The Latest Trends in CEDS Planningnado-web
During the 2019 NADO Annual Training Conference (October 19 - 22 in Reno, NV), Mike Manis shares information on creating and delivering interactive CEDS.
New Growth Innovation Network: Strengthening Regions Through Equity and Econo...nado-web
Amanda Straight (New Growth Innovation Network) discusses tools and tactics to build equity into organizations and tactics at the NADO-DDAA Washington Conference.
Statewide Evaluation of CTE Pathways Initiative (SB70)ccpc
June Lee-Bayha
Senior Research Associate
WestEd
San Diego, CA
Cindy Wijma
Research Associate
WestEd
San Diego, CA
California Department of Education staff will review Specialized Secondary Program (SSP) expectations, including evaluation data, as well as upcoming fiscal reports and the requirements to continue program implementation funding. Current programs will share strategies and challenges. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn about SSP.
A strong workforce is one that is inclusive and provides opportunities for all residents seeking employment and opportunities for growth. Learn from colleagues that have developed promising workforce development programs tailored to their communities that tap into local and regional assets to target a diverse group of individuals.
-Joe Barker, Executive Director, Southwest Tennessee Development District, Jackson, TN
-Judge Steve Henry, Webster County, KY, and Secretary, Green River Area Development District, Owensboro, KY
-Terry Treadaway, Director of Workforce Development, Three Rivers Planning and Development District, Pontotoc, MS
-Moderator: Matt McCauley, CEO, Networks Northwest, Traverse City, MI
Presented as part of FOCUS Greater Syracuse's Citizens Academy
Emerging Trends in Economic Development
What it takes for strategic planning implementation success.
Sunshine Coast Regional Forum | November 2014Ed Morrison
We'll be introducing Strategic Doing through a new university partner, the University of the Sunshine Coast. A dynamic regional university, USC is anchoring the development and implementation of a regional strategy for this fast-growing region north of Brisbane.
Local Economic Development in the urban context a missed opportunityNachman Shelef
Presented to the Milken-Koret fellows program 2011
Abstract: After more than 50 years of massive investment in Local Economic Development (LED) worldwide, what has been learned regarding what works and what does not? If in the past economic development was focused on employment generation, today the accepted definitions of LED are much more intricate – they define the purpose of LED as achieving “quality of life for all” and the process as a collective effort of “public, business and non-governmental sector partners“. This sober view has developed over decades of huge but mostly fruitless investments in LED worldwide, in three waves, that where kicked off by the success of the Marshal Plan.
Have the lessons of the past been learned or do we keep investing in approaches that have failed in the past? Unfortunately not, we still see; Top down efforts by central government to lead LED programs, instead of a participatory approach, including all stakeholders and sectors, led by local government. A focus on outside big business transplant, instead of support of innovation, entrepreneurship and policies focused on the success of local businesses. Attempts to jumpstart and support LED over entire regions, instead of focusing on cities as the true engines of economic growth.
Why have the leading LED practitioners worldwide focused on cities and urban economic development over the last decade? Urbanization matters - economic growth and urbanization are bi-directionally causally connected - “no country in the industrial age has ever achieved significant economic growth without urbanization.”. 1.2 billion people living in the 40 mega-metro regions worldwide produce around 70% of world output and 85% of all innovations. 5 billion people living in 191 countries produce the rest. A resident of a mega-metro is 8 times as productive in goods, and 24 times as productive in innovations. Cities are engines of economic growth, they manufacture wealth. Why is this so?
Cities have natural economic advantages that include internal scale economies and external agglomeration economies. But poor city design can undermine these advantages and create barriers to economic development, whereas good city design can enhance these advantages. How can we leverage the natural economic advantages of cities with good city design? Compact mixed-use development that focuses on pedestrian and public transport access is key.
How does the urban economy develop? How can we jumpstart economic development, when it is missing, in Israeli cities? Viewing economic development in the context of a network of interrelated towns and cities clarifies that different types of towns and cities, within the network, require different approaches to LED. Great cities that generate more wealth than they consume require one approach for continued development. Towns and cities within the region of a great city require a second approach. Towns that are outside the region of a great city require a third approach and lastly cities that are not great require a forth approach.
Planning Proposal and Voluntary planning Proposal: 8-10 Martin Avenue, 9 Bidjigal Road and 47-49 Bonar Street, Arncliffe - Appendix 1 - Urban Context Report on public exhibition from 26 November 2015 → 13 January 2016.
Building structure in urban context, wolfgang schuellerWolfgang Schueller
Refer to:
(1) The Design of Building Structures (Vol.1, Vol. 2), rev. ed., PDF eBook by Wolfgang Schueller, 2016
(2) Building Support Structures, Analysis and Design with SAP2000 Software, 2nd ed., eBook by Wolfgang Schueller, 2015
Certified economic developer focused on building a locally-based vision and implementing through coordinated public policies, strategic partnerships, supportive infrastructure, and an effective business climate. Diverse experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. as well as, an entrepreneurial venture as a partner in a boutique consulting firm. Skilled in the prioritization of issues, resources, and the associated constituency management for collaboration with internal stakeholders and key external partners.
Fostering Partnerships Between States and Economic Development Districtsnado-web
With historic amounts of federal funds being allocated to support pandemic recovery, state economic development offices and regional Economic Development Districts need to work well together now more than ever. This session will explore strategies and best practices for how states and EDDs can better coordinate their efforts to achieve better outcomes and meet local, regional, and statewide goals. Presenters will share regional and state-level perspectives as well as recent research emerging from a current capacity building project to support better regional-state partnerships.
RED_Intake Overview_January 24 february 1 2023 info sessions external FINAL...Carolyn Puterbough
The Rural Economic Development (RED) intake opened for applications on January 23, 2023 and will close on February 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET. These slides were provided during the public info sessions held on January 24 and February 1.
Aligning Transportation and Economic Development Plans and Measuring ProgressRPO America
During the National Regional Transportation Conference, Justin Fazzari shared the Economic Development Administration's approach to aligning economic development plans with transportation or other regional planning efforts to ensure consistency.
A strong workforce is one that is inclusive and provides opportunities for all residents seeking employment and opportunities for growth. Learn from colleagues that have developed promising workforce development programs tailored to their communities that tap into local and regional assets to target a diverse group of individuals.
-Joe Barker, Executive Director, Southwest Tennessee Development District, Jackson, TN
-Judge Steve Henry, Webster County, KY, and Secretary, Green River Area Development District, Owensboro, KY
-Terry Treadaway, Director of Workforce Development, Three Rivers Planning and Development District, Pontotoc, MS
-Moderator: Matt McCauley, CEO, Networks Northwest, Traverse City, MI
Presented as part of FOCUS Greater Syracuse's Citizens Academy
Emerging Trends in Economic Development
What it takes for strategic planning implementation success.
Sunshine Coast Regional Forum | November 2014Ed Morrison
We'll be introducing Strategic Doing through a new university partner, the University of the Sunshine Coast. A dynamic regional university, USC is anchoring the development and implementation of a regional strategy for this fast-growing region north of Brisbane.
Local Economic Development in the urban context a missed opportunityNachman Shelef
Presented to the Milken-Koret fellows program 2011
Abstract: After more than 50 years of massive investment in Local Economic Development (LED) worldwide, what has been learned regarding what works and what does not? If in the past economic development was focused on employment generation, today the accepted definitions of LED are much more intricate – they define the purpose of LED as achieving “quality of life for all” and the process as a collective effort of “public, business and non-governmental sector partners“. This sober view has developed over decades of huge but mostly fruitless investments in LED worldwide, in three waves, that where kicked off by the success of the Marshal Plan.
Have the lessons of the past been learned or do we keep investing in approaches that have failed in the past? Unfortunately not, we still see; Top down efforts by central government to lead LED programs, instead of a participatory approach, including all stakeholders and sectors, led by local government. A focus on outside big business transplant, instead of support of innovation, entrepreneurship and policies focused on the success of local businesses. Attempts to jumpstart and support LED over entire regions, instead of focusing on cities as the true engines of economic growth.
Why have the leading LED practitioners worldwide focused on cities and urban economic development over the last decade? Urbanization matters - economic growth and urbanization are bi-directionally causally connected - “no country in the industrial age has ever achieved significant economic growth without urbanization.”. 1.2 billion people living in the 40 mega-metro regions worldwide produce around 70% of world output and 85% of all innovations. 5 billion people living in 191 countries produce the rest. A resident of a mega-metro is 8 times as productive in goods, and 24 times as productive in innovations. Cities are engines of economic growth, they manufacture wealth. Why is this so?
Cities have natural economic advantages that include internal scale economies and external agglomeration economies. But poor city design can undermine these advantages and create barriers to economic development, whereas good city design can enhance these advantages. How can we leverage the natural economic advantages of cities with good city design? Compact mixed-use development that focuses on pedestrian and public transport access is key.
How does the urban economy develop? How can we jumpstart economic development, when it is missing, in Israeli cities? Viewing economic development in the context of a network of interrelated towns and cities clarifies that different types of towns and cities, within the network, require different approaches to LED. Great cities that generate more wealth than they consume require one approach for continued development. Towns and cities within the region of a great city require a second approach. Towns that are outside the region of a great city require a third approach and lastly cities that are not great require a forth approach.
Planning Proposal and Voluntary planning Proposal: 8-10 Martin Avenue, 9 Bidjigal Road and 47-49 Bonar Street, Arncliffe - Appendix 1 - Urban Context Report on public exhibition from 26 November 2015 → 13 January 2016.
Building structure in urban context, wolfgang schuellerWolfgang Schueller
Refer to:
(1) The Design of Building Structures (Vol.1, Vol. 2), rev. ed., PDF eBook by Wolfgang Schueller, 2016
(2) Building Support Structures, Analysis and Design with SAP2000 Software, 2nd ed., eBook by Wolfgang Schueller, 2015
Certified economic developer focused on building a locally-based vision and implementing through coordinated public policies, strategic partnerships, supportive infrastructure, and an effective business climate. Diverse experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. as well as, an entrepreneurial venture as a partner in a boutique consulting firm. Skilled in the prioritization of issues, resources, and the associated constituency management for collaboration with internal stakeholders and key external partners.
Fostering Partnerships Between States and Economic Development Districtsnado-web
With historic amounts of federal funds being allocated to support pandemic recovery, state economic development offices and regional Economic Development Districts need to work well together now more than ever. This session will explore strategies and best practices for how states and EDDs can better coordinate their efforts to achieve better outcomes and meet local, regional, and statewide goals. Presenters will share regional and state-level perspectives as well as recent research emerging from a current capacity building project to support better regional-state partnerships.
RED_Intake Overview_January 24 february 1 2023 info sessions external FINAL...Carolyn Puterbough
The Rural Economic Development (RED) intake opened for applications on January 23, 2023 and will close on February 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET. These slides were provided during the public info sessions held on January 24 and February 1.
Aligning Transportation and Economic Development Plans and Measuring ProgressRPO America
During the National Regional Transportation Conference, Justin Fazzari shared the Economic Development Administration's approach to aligning economic development plans with transportation or other regional planning efforts to ensure consistency.
PowerPoint presentation given to downtown stakeholders at the first Downtown Nanticoke Alliance community forum.
Outlines the DNA Main Street economic development program initiative for downtown Nanticoke, PA.
Location: The Samantha Mill House, Nanticoke, PA.
Presented by: Frank L. Knorek Jr.
Date: 09/09/2010
The East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative is the largest urban redevelopment effort in Baltimore in decades. A major priority of the initiative was to increase economic opportunity through job creation and contract opportunities for local, minority and women-owned businesses. This webinar explores and highlights the project’s efforts and achievements to that end, as well as similar endeavors underway in New Orleans.
Listening Session: Aligning EDDs with State Economic Development Planningnado-web
The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness
(CREC) is partnering with the NADO Research
Foundation and other organizations to better
coordinate state and regional economic development
planning efforts, including addressing challenges and
opportunities for aligning the Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy (CEDS) with state economic
development plans. Join this discussion to learn more
and share your experiences and input to help guide
this multi-year project that will support NADO members
and their state partners with training, resources, and
networking.
-Bob Isaacson, Senior VP, Center for Regional Economic
Competitiveness, Arlington, VA
Data Strategy Action: Building Actionable PlansAileen Murray
A presentation to the Economic Developers Association of Canada 2019 Annual Conference.
Data mining and meticulous review isn’t for everyone, but when the right person is on the job and the data is brought to the surface, this careful research provides an invaluable opportunity. With the right collection of data, a creative and customized strategy can be built. Building strategy based on data is greater than building strategy based on assumption. The Town of Saugeen Shores, a community with a population of 14,000, on the shore of Lake Huron in Ontario, the Economic Development Strategic Plan provides recommendations and actions toward short and long term goals. Saugeen Shores is implementing a plan based on data and are seeing results.
Economic development performance measures can be your super power. Here's my presentation to the Ontario East Municipal Conference on best practices in economic development performance measurement.
A discussion of how economic development and tourism are related, areas of conflict and how economic development and tourism practitioners can support each other from my presentation to the Economic Developers Association of Canada.
My presentation at the EDAC 2015 Conference in Whitehorse, YK, Canada Sept. 22, 2015.
This is a PechaKucha presentation (20 slides each 20 seconds long).
Communicating the Economic Value of TourismAileen Murray
Here's a copy of my presentation at the Ontario's Southwest Conference in 2014. Communicating the contribution of tourism to the local economy can be a challenge. This presentation focused on bridging the gap between tourism and economic development including tips and tools to measure and report the value of tourism in Ontario’s Southwest to the decision makers in our communities.
17. Community Visit - Readiness Scoring 2007 Scoring Category Possible Score Community Reception 35 Labour 50 Transportation 35 Utilities 35 Community Appearance 35 Sites/Buildings 60 Schedule 15 Community Stability 20 Intangibles 15 TOTAL 300
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19. Community Visits – The Good Developable land offered at reasonable cost and development fees Attractive, thriving downtown Good Utility Infrastructure Local improvements underway Proven connection between training resources and industry
20. Community Visits – The Bad Site not cleared for development, low power lines straddle future entrance High cost of land and development fees Lack of connection between industry and local training resources Utility infrastructure not in place and/or capacity not available for new industry
21. Community Visits – The Ugly Long abandoned hospital is testimony to a breakdown in local leadership Brownfield site is far from being ready for development Existing building not ready for a new tenant Lax rules for outside storage makes industrial parks less desirable
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37. LinksGovernment of Ontario Website2ontario.com - Ontario Government website for comparative investment data, real estate and community informationOntario Exports - www.OntarioExports.comOntario Ministry of Economic Development - www.InvestinOntario.comOntario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAH)Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal (PIR)Places to Grow - Growth Plan for the Greater Golden HorseshoeOntario Ministry of Tourism (MTR)Ontario's Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model (TREIM)Ministry of Tourism Investment Development OfficeOntario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)Ontario Rural Plan - Growing Strong Rural CommunitiesRural Economic Development Data and Intelligence (REDDI) - REDDI can help with your local economic development planning from strategic planning to downtown revitalization and project financingEDCO-LETI (Local Economies in Transition) - Community Investment Readiness Self-Assessment ToolAssociation of Municipalities of Ontario - www.amo.on.caOntario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations
This slide is from the Site Selectors retained perspective.
Talking points: Scores ranged between199 and 273. The Southwest and Golden Horseshoe Regions seemed to score the highest in this exercise. Northwest Region presented many challenges.
Talking points: What we were looking for: Up to date and forward looking Regional approach to coordinating marketing and attraction efforts Provide professional assistance – present themselves professionally and are honest, punctual, and thorough in all dealings Data Rich – lots of available and up-to-date data! Know themselves – communities that keep themselves up to date (maps, etc), recognize their strengths and weaknesses Involve real estate community – brokers, property owners, developers are part of the ‘team’ Educated stakeholders – involve board members, politicians, government officials, business community as part of the ‘team” Support local business – take visitors to local restaurants as opposed to national chains
Communities visited and those who responded to the RFP exercise, frequently could not demonstrate a supply of serviced “ready to go” or “shovel ready” industrial sites and buildings; • Frequently, communities lacked an up-to-date economic development strategy that identified strengths and appropriate industry targets for investment attraction/retention; • The information in many community profiles was not of quantity or quality to sufficiently inform site selection decisions; • Most economic development web sites provided limited information and a limited level of functionality. • Weak linkages were observed between economic development and labour force development activities. Local training and adjustment boards were not consistently linked into economic development efforts. Technical training resources and course offerings at local post secondary educational institutions were not aligned with the requirements of local employers. • Site selectors felt that development fees and land costs are potentially prohibitive to many new investments, especially for projects that are considering both U.S. and Canadian communities – this is now being further exacerbated by the high value of the Canadian dollar vis a vis the U.S. dollar. • Local elected representatives and senior administrators were not always aware of the benefits of community preparedness for investment, and what it involves in terms of time, effort and expense; • In comparison to U.S. and European jurisdictions, inter-municipal cooperation on a regional basis is underdeveloped and underutilized There is substantial room for improvement in terms of: local/regional collaborative and cooperative economic development actions; greater connectivity and cooperation between lower tier, upper tier, and Provincial levels of government with regard to economic development
Communities visited and those who responded to the RFP exercise, frequently could not demonstrate a supply of serviced “ready to go” or “shovel ready” industrial sites and buildings; • Frequently, communities lacked an up-to-date economic development strategy that identified strengths and appropriate industry targets for investment attraction/retention; • The information in many community profiles was not of quantity or quality to sufficiently inform site selection decisions; • Most economic development web sites provided limited information and a limited level of functionality. • Weak linkages were observed between economic development and labour force development activities. Local training and adjustment boards were not consistently linked into economic development efforts. Technical training resources and course offerings at local post secondary educational institutions were not aligned with the requirements of local employers. • Site selectors felt that development fees and land costs are potentially prohibitive to many new investments, especially for projects that are considering both U.S. and Canadian communities – this is now being further exacerbated by the high value of the Canadian dollar vis a vis the U.S. dollar. • Local elected representatives and senior administrators were not always aware of the benefits of community preparedness for investment, and what it involves in terms of time, effort and expense; • In comparison to U.S. and European jurisdictions, inter-municipal cooperation on a regional basis is underdeveloped and underutilized There is substantial room for improvement in terms of: local/regional collaborative and cooperative economic development actions; greater connectivity and cooperation between lower tier, upper tier, and Provincial levels of government with regard to economic development
Great demand for more community visits and evaluations by site selectors – evident at Regional Seminars Municipal councils need to understand what economic development is and how to create an investment friendly climate Spread the message about economic development and the LETI initiative.
It is important to communicate to communities that they should participate in this program for consistency purposes.