Economic gardening

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CLOSUP report: State-local economic development could be improved by cultivating existing businesses

Nov 12, 2010

State policymakers could better coordinate with local economic developers to improve the economy by cultivating existing businesses in their communities, a new report says.The report from the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the...

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Local government leaders say economic gardening can help grow their economies

November 1, 2010

Economic gardening is a new economic development strategy used to grow local economies by cultivating existing businesses, rather than, or in addition to, hunting for new businesses to relocate from the outside. This report presents findings about...

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Jurisdiction currently involved in economic gardening activities

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Jurisdiction conducted workforce development or training programs as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction developed traditional infrastructure as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction developed IT infrastructure as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction fostered networking among local businesses as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction helped local businesses with social networking online as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction provided or fostered information access to markets, customers, or competitors as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction provide or fostered access to capital as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction granted tax abatements or deferments as economic gardening

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Jurisdiction developed a local currency or a "buy local" campaign as economic gardening

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Agree or disagree that economic gardening can be an effective economic development strategy for jurisdiction

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Engagement levels, Outreach, Technology, Trust in citizens, Citizen engagement, Community and Social Issues, Community development, Housing, Land use planning, Zoning, Placemaking, poverty, Economic Development, Business conditions, Development strategies, Economic gardening, Workforce development, Energy and Environment, Energy, fracking, wind power, Environment, Global climate change, The Great Lakes, federal government, Federal government job performance, Federal stimulus package, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration, Service provision, intergovernmental relations, Intragovernmental relations, Local government job performance, State government, State government job performance, State-local relations, State oversight, Infrastructure