Do you want some new ways to improve the climate for economic development in your community, some activity beyond offering the usual tax breaks, infrastructure investment, and job training to big firms that are letting your community bid against others?
We offer, in this book
-An examination of wholesale economic development (adjusted growth in median family income (MFI), 1990 to 2010) among all 50 Mid-Large MSAs (500K to 1M population in 2010)
-Details for the 10 MSAs that had the highest increase in adjusted MFI from 1990 to 2010
-Lessons from that data
To save you time and trouble, we have read the long, number-filled, academic textbooks. We have talked to and corresponded with several dozen economic development professionals. We have worked with the material covering large cities to make it relevant to smaller communities (from 10,000 to 300,000). We have translated what we learned into advice you can use.
This book is the second volume in the Wholesale Economic Development series. Volume I provides a general introduction and covers the bullet points listed above. Volume II provides general data about Mid-Large MSAs and case studies of the 10 Mid-Large MSAs whose economies have done well. Volume III will provide the same treatment for Mid-Small MSAs (250K to 500K in 2010 Population). Later volumes may provide more depth on topics described in volumes I, II, and III. We are also providing opportunities for our readers to suggest which topics they would like addressed in those later volumes.
We are committed to economic development for all sizes of local communities, and think our fertile ground approach to wholesale activities described in volume I and the data analyzed in volumes II and III can help.
Keywords:
"wholesale economic development", "economic development", "community development", "regional development", "urban development", "entrepreneur development", “economic incubator”
We offer, in this book
-An examination of wholesale economic development (adjusted growth in median family income (MFI), 1990 to 2010) among all 50 Mid-Large MSAs (500K to 1M population in 2010)
-Details for the 10 MSAs that had the highest increase in adjusted MFI from 1990 to 2010
-Lessons from that data
To save you time and trouble, we have read the long, number-filled, academic textbooks. We have talked to and corresponded with several dozen economic development professionals. We have worked with the material covering large cities to make it relevant to smaller communities (from 10,000 to 300,000). We have translated what we learned into advice you can use.
This book is the second volume in the Wholesale Economic Development series. Volume I provides a general introduction and covers the bullet points listed above. Volume II provides general data about Mid-Large MSAs and case studies of the 10 Mid-Large MSAs whose economies have done well. Volume III will provide the same treatment for Mid-Small MSAs (250K to 500K in 2010 Population). Later volumes may provide more depth on topics described in volumes I, II, and III. We are also providing opportunities for our readers to suggest which topics they would like addressed in those later volumes.
We are committed to economic development for all sizes of local communities, and think our fertile ground approach to wholesale activities described in volume I and the data analyzed in volumes II and III can help.
Keywords:
"wholesale economic development", "economic development", "community development", "regional development", "urban development", "entrepreneur development", “economic incubator”
