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Economic development carried out beyond the limits of a single community is referred to as area development throughout The Network. The term is defined below. Area Development is the name of the section of Economic Development.net that you enter to a global list of countries. Select a country to began a search for a place of interest and a contact to supply information about it or CLICK HERE to anonymously request a location listing/link(s) now. Site Location Assistance.com also has an area development section for location searches.
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area developer:

... a representative of a geographic area seeking enterprise and economic development; an expression sometimes used to identify an economic developer as a regional representative. For various definitions that put this term in the context of its relationship to local economic development see Local and Area Development, glossary appendix G.

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definition of area developer / definition of area development representative
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area development:

... a process that begins when communities band together to form a regional economic development effort. Area development is a specialized form of marketing that supports the efforts within a region to seek prospects and opportunities for enterprise and economic development. A group of countries may band together to mount an area development effort. Regional jurisdictions within countries may mount development efforts, for example, there are state development agencies throughout the USA. Regions exist, without being jurisdictional territories, where communities have something that naturally ties them together, such as a river, or have an transportation hub (see the definition of city-region) that drives economic development. An economic development practitioners is referred to simply as an economic developer. Area developer is not so commonly used. Area Development is an information section within Economic Development.net and Site Location Assistance.com. Area Development lists locations and is so named because, for example, it opens to a list of countries in Economic Development.net. Area Development is also the name of one of the site selection publications that support economic development marketing.
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definition of area development as related to economic development
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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 representeddashsee 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.
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definition of ado / what is an area development organization
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place of interest:

... a location about which a member of the .network user group as an enterprise developer or site selector seeks information, such as as economic development data; a place that receives an inquiry or is visited by someone deemed to be a prospect or in position to influence in the course of an economic development opportunity; a location listed in The Network at the request of a user although made anonymously. For your information we are committed to publishing online, without cost or obligation, the identity of any place, anywhere, in which you express an interest. As a part of this free service we also try to find information about location data suppliers and publish links to their websites in Economic Development.netdash more information about listing places of interest online for free.
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This page defines economic development as area development in order to distinguish between those who are engaged in its practice as representatives of single locations and those who work regionally for multiple locations. It defines area development as a specialized form of marketing because that's one of the ways the work of economic developers is defined when practitioners are involved as location representatives. Area Development in The Network is also a resource for members of the .network user group online hunting for places of interest and contacts who supply location data and services. Make a selection from the following links to move from this page to access resources:
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Area Development in the .network economic development website (EDN)
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Area Development in the .network site selection website (SLA)
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Search the Global Registry of Contacts for locations in the .network FMH website
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Read about the .network commitment to help you search for locations
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Check out how locations that want economic development list in The Network for free
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Review some of the terms in the .network glossary related to local and area development
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Our interest is in the smallest places and rural areas as well as the cities throughout the world that drive regional development. Our most important qualification for listing a location in The Network for free is that we and our users be able to find it on a map (more about maps). You can make the case for a place seeking economic development as well as whether it can accommodate enterprise developmentdashcomments are welcomed in this regard. Also, providing contact data can be as simple as giving us a Web address if you can point us to an appropriate location data supplier for the place you want listed.

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