Attracting Jobs to Urban Areas (Brownfields 2011)

1. Location Selection and Redevelopment Attracting Business to Urban Centers April 4, 2011 National Brownfield Conference 2011

4. The Evaluation Process A Business-Based Process The Location Process allows companies to define their business needs and then narrow the list of candidates based upon best-fit. A business-based methodology matches companies to locations that will meet their needs for the long-term.

6. Construct weighting and ranking model to test development candidates under prime and alternative scenarios

7. Combine screening results with CWS Consulting Group experience to understand market dynamics

8. Identify initial target industry candidates

9. Determine existing industry base

10. Understand key dynamics for selected industries

11. Examine availability of key inputs

12. Look for key vendors and partners

13. Determine existing reality and perception of benefits and obstacles in the site and region

14. Complete remediation plan as required

15. Develop incentive plan if required

16. Develop key marketing targets and customized message and tactics for each

17. Develop deal structure(s)

18. Determine investor goals and resources

19. Determine key stakeholders

20. Catalog site characteristics

21. Determine market and catalog regional attributes

22. Examine existing regional and local economic base

23. Establish initial strategic parametersInvestment Attraction Plan Investment Attraction Strategy

24. In Practice

26. Shift share and location quotient analysis

27. Evaluate competitive areas

28. Examine models and competitors

29. Assess area green assets

30. Inventory incentives and compare…Green Job Strategies for ARTEZ

32. Current green businesses

33. Start-ups

34. Other businesses that could branch out

35. Green tech cluster???

36. Examine potential matches between business expansion opportunities and the land/space available.

37. Explore green tech incubatorGreen Job Strategies for ARTEZ

38. Green Job Strategies for ARTEZ The Key Questions Where is the market opportunity What is the business base What is the employment base What other infrastructure (physical or organizational) is in place? Fort Pitt Brewery and Eco-clean Burners

40. Converteam – electrical systems for wind*

41. Eco Clean Burners – plastics to energy technology*

42. Extrel – Spectrometers for bio-diesel and air monitoring

43. Forms and Surfaces – Manufacturer of green building products and furniture*

44. Thar Technologies – environmentally friendly supercritical fluid solutions; planning bio-diesel facility*

45. Exterior Technologies – structural polycarbonate for windows and skylights adapted for translucent solar panels*

46. Media Process and Technology – Ceramic Membranes w/ fuel cell application*

48. Media and Process Technology Inc., Pittsburgh & Schenley – gas purification technology funded by NETL

49. Flabeg Corporation, Finley – manufacturing glass and mirror components for solar panels

50. Gamesea, Ebensburg – makes wind turbine blades

51. Elwood Group, Lawrence County – shafts and steel housings for turbines

52. PPG – manufactures high performance coatings & blade structural composites

53. Westinghouse – nuclear

54. Bechtel-Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory * Expansion plans

55. Green Job Strategies for ARTEZ Working with Core Strengths Intensify Business Retention/Capture Green Tech Growth from the Current Business Mix: Business Retention Interviews: Enroll in the State Business Expansion and Retention Outreach Program. Work with growing businesses on sites and facilities. Manufacturing Assistance: connect growing businesses to Catalyst Connection and to state financing sources. Tech Transfer: connect start-ups and small green businesses (Eco-Clean Burners) to Innovation Works. Coordination with the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) Industrial Park

57. Marketing for relocations from outside the region

58. Supporting start-ups and small business growth

59. Maximizing area green assets

60. Creating regional green tech cluster

61. Funding sources to support green tech business expansion and relocation

62. Funding sources for project implementation

63. Structuring and targeting the ARTEZ Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) for maximum impact

64. Identifying potential funding sources to supplement the ARTEZ RLF

65. Policy issues for state and local government

66. Supporting private green tech incubatorGreen Job Strategies for ARTEZ

67. In Summary

69. Understand the Market and its Needs

70. Organize and Prepare

71. Build Relationships With Government and Economic Development

72. Actively Reach Out