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Places seeking economic development are supported
in their efforts by location data suppliers. Location data may be available
from business sources ... those that are part of the
enterprise and economic development process providing services and
products to prospects. It may be available from international agencies
as well as economic development organizations at the national level.
Area and local development contacts typically provide information about
the places they represent in the form of regional or community profiles
and custom prepared location packages as well as though websites. They
are economic developers working at the point where the rubber meets
the road. They prepare and provide economic development profiles to
prospects.
representatives are that serve the enterprise and service
providers for business enterprises
working
at
the national
hen you
search for
information
about a location as
an economic
development prospect, you need to know about data
profiles and how
information is categorized. Area and
local economic development information is available.
See the list of various types
of contacts in position to supply location information on page 4 of
this series. One type of location data supplier suggested for contact
is the area
developer.
This page
is about area development.
Area
Development is a section of the Enterprise
and Economic Development Library. Should you choose to visit the library
by selecting its link in the previous sentence, note that that
there is a drop-down
menu. Use it to choose to enter sections of the library as well
as to access resources ... the first resource
is a link this series About
Economic Development.
The library's drop-down menu directory is on the last page of the
series about The
Network ... choose its navigation
buttons to move back and forth. Its right-pointing button is linked
to information About Economic Development Services that loops the
pages in series.
The library's
area development page has navigation buttons also. Access Area
Development and choose the right-pointing page-in-series button
to virtually browse the library by moving from
section to section. You will find sections for the two previous pages
in this series, About Economic Development ... Community
Development and Industrial
Development. Notice that the community development section of
the library is actually named Local Development. Area and local development is
a .network expression.
Area and local development is
typically used as an expression within the context
of economic
development as location representatives do their marketing and provide
information to prospects. See
the definitions, for example, of area
and local
development
contacts.
A
drop-down
menu
with links is provided below as an example typical of what users
of The
Network are likely to see at the websites of area
developers and other location
data suppliers as well.
The list of location
data elements and
links to other information shown in the drop-down were lifted from the actual
website of an area developer. The Network collects information about
the way area and local development representatives categorize their information
for prospects at their
websites in their data profiles about
the collection.
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area developer:
... a location
contact, especially an economic
developer in position to be of service to prospects while
working on behalf of a region. A
regional location
data supplier.
area development:
... a specialized form of marketing that
supports economic
development in a region; an
expression of the affect on the economy in an area where communities band
together for mutual benefit as they seek economic
development prospects. Area Development is a section
of the Economic Development Network website. You are using its guide
page.
area and local development:
... a phrase that combines
two types of economic development efforts
in order to make the point that those who
represent locations better their chances
of success by working within ally networks that cover a wider area than their own. Scroll
up to the definition of area development.
Local development is defined in Appendix
G of the Enterprise
and Economic Development Glossary. To
see where a view towards area and local development
combined fits into
the organization and operations of economic
development programs, CLICK
HERE.
area development organization:
... ADO; an economic
development agency or a group working together to market
a region or
to otherwise seek out and serve prospects as
well as opportunities for the common good of the places it
represents. An ADO, anywhere in the world in position to
provide economic
development data for the area or locations within it that are
representedsee
the definition of location
data supplier, has the opportunity to publish
a link for contact in Site Location Assistance.com for
free. That same free
offer exists for Economic Development.net
as well. In fact, you can anonymously
request a listing for a place of interest
in The Network,
whether a region or location within, and we will do the work of
trying to find an appropriate information supplier without
obligation or cost to you.
colleges & universities:
... a location
data element. See following definitions
in this
glossary:
(1) institution
of higher education, (2) community
college, (3) technical
collegeany
one of these may appear as a data element in a
community profile or at the website of a location
data supplier.
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what are colleges and universities
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data profile:
... a brief about a location seeking
economic development that summarizes its factual information,
especially that which is organized for analysis or used
by prospects to reason or make decisions. A profile as
defined within the context of it providing economic development
facts (economic development data) is often referred to
as a community
profile: however, there are other types
available as resources for prospects. See the definitions
of area
profile, country profile, economic
development profile, location
profile and regional
profile, for example. Community profile or any
one of the other examples may be see at the website of
a place seeking economic development as a link or header
for itemized economic
development data. Profiles are
distributed on paper, for example, in location
packages.
demographics and labor force:
... a location
data element that combines demographic and
labor force information.
medical facilities / medical care:
... a location
data elementsee
the definition
of healthcare in this glossary.
new investments / recent investments:
... in places
seeking economic development as
stated in their reports; therefore, a location
data element. For example, a location
package may contain a report of recent economic
development successes in a place by listing enterprise
development projects announced with an indication of the capital expenditure
for each itemCLICK
HERE for a definition of economic development that
states it is ... increasing the flow of capital through
the community and reducing its leakage (source
of quote).
define place
of interest ... as in a location
seeking economic development.
define schools:
... a location
data element and, as such, may be
a header for a section of information, for example
in a community
profile, about public
and private schools in a place. A
school is a facility or campus for students and/or
trainees. See the definitions of
vocation and technical
school in this
glossary. An
example of a public schools directory is provided
along with information about education as a location
data element
in the .network resource archive.
sites and buildings:
... a commercial
and industrial real estate category of location
data. Typical subcategories
are real
estate sites and available
buildings. Various real estate
terms are defined in the Enterprise
and Economic Development Glossary, for example: triple-A
tenant, absorption
rate, acre, accretion, ad
valorem and
assessment ratio as well as real
estate itself.
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buildings as site selection data elements
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