Dayton integrates physical planning and economic development
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Dayton is updating its citywide plan, and the plan proposes an interesting concept: theme parks for individual clusters of firms. Each theme park represents a development concentation focused on a particular industry or geographic location.
For example, a former hospital site is being developed as a medical mall by a group of private investors; Airplex represents the area surrounding Dayton International Airport; and development of the tool and die cluster and advanced manufacturing will focus on a theme park called McCook Park.
This approach integrates physical planning with economic development. It explores the details of what it takes to create exciting spaces, and it pushes us to think more clearly about what it takes to build clusters of firms that encourage collaboration and innovation. In short, this approach moves us beyond the gibberish of the "Creative Class". Learn more.
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Dayton integrates physical planning and economic development
