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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Building a local economy -- I say there is a difference between building a local economy and economic development. Most economic development planners don't know the difference.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

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Similarly, the creation of Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia was touted as a way to build the economic power of the region (" Appalachian School of Law receives final installment of $6 million funding package ," Bluefield Daily Telegraph ). Leveraging higher education institutions for urban economic development.

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Federal government research hub development initiative

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The Department of Defense as a customer of technology firms has also spurred economic development. Federal laboratories too have different success rates for spurring the development and adoption of new technologies and business opportunities. Learning from Europe: Knowledge locations in cities.

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

The most prominent example of this is the collective effort by the Ford, Kresge, Mott, and the Knight foundations to fund over $330 million of the bailout for the bankrupt City of Detroit in 2013. Adding to the complexity, the answers to these questions might vary depending on service area (ie public education, economic development, etc).

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. Economic development. Promoting POC business development, creative business structures that reduce the demand for capital, investment, etc., is necessary.

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With the post-covid decline of Downtowns, arts and cultural institutions are affected too

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Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 -- " Downtown Edmonton cultural facilities development as an example of "Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2018

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I was thinking about it, that it's because transit agencies don't think much or focus on how what they do improves places, adds to economic development, reduces motor vehicle use, etc. Railroads too were active in promoting economic development, especially the recruitment of manufacturing plants, the growing of crops, etc.,