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Economic Development Research Update
Economic Development Research Group, Inc. March 2007
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Featured Staff - Brian Baird
EDR Group is proud to announce the addition of Brian Baird to our staff. Mr. Baird is an expert in economic analysis and transportation evaluation, holding Master's degrees from the University of Connecticut in Economics and in Transportation Engineering. Prior to joining EDR Group, Mr. Baird worked at the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis. There, he performed policy analysis and economic forecasting for public and private clients, on topics ranging from road pricing to land value taxation. Read more... |
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The Endless Economic Summer: Finding the Wave
Not every community can surf a technology wave into this still-youthful century. It's a rare day when economic developers aren't thinking about ways to facilitate appropriate economic growth in their areas. Even successful areas are not guaranteed perpetual economic health - not amidst the forces of globalization, intraregional shifts of industries within the U.S., or the inevitable life cycle exhibited by specific business activities. Successful economic development targeting is about prospectively spotting where the best opportunities exist to accomplish your area's particular economic development objective.
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Economic Role of Airports Experience Dramatic Shift
The economic role of airports is undergoing a dramatic shift. As shown in a recent presentation to the Transportation Research Board special workshop in January 2007, airports are now catalyzing local economic growth in ways that are only beginning to be appreciated. This is happening because air and ground movements of freight and passengers are becoming more integrated.
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The Silk Road: Learning from the Ancients in the 21st Century
In addition to keeping the primary Silk Road open for trade through Central Asia, the powerful commercial interests of the day understood the need to encourage the tributary trade routes that fed it. So today, transportation planners are mindful of all the factors feeding a vibrant economy: accessibility to markets, scale economies from market expansion, cross-border trade, intermodal connectivity or reliability. Read on... |
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Land Valuation Impacts: The Cost of Transportation Investment
The relationship between transportation and land values has two different elements. One is the effect that changes in transportation access and facilities have on the values of nearby land. The other is the value of land taken up by transportation facilities, which then preclude other uses of that land. The latter issue is particularly important when considering the "full cost" of transportation investments. Read on... |
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Freight Networks Key to Continued Prosperity
In recent testimony to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission in November 2006, Glen Weisbrod called for long term investments in a dramatically upgraded regional freight network if the northeast region of North America is not to slide into endemic economic decay. "New freight distribution infrastructure is critical if this region is to have a future", he said. Read on... |
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New Guidebook Published for Freight Projects
As the US ground freight system comes under immense strain with rapidly increasing trade, the US Department of Transport is working on a framework to assist transport planners with large scale freight infrastructure investments. A new guidebook, available in PDF form by following the link below, aims to provide a thorough economic analysis framework to assess the benefits and costs of potential freight investments. Read on...
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Training Seminar on Targeting Economic Development Investments
Learn about new tools and the analysis techniques to identify new growth opportunities, understand your area's relative strengths and weaknesses to attract these opportunities, and get guidance on which economic development investments can do the most to facilitate these opportunities. Denver CO, June 5, 2007. Read on... |
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