Web sites and economic development

Friday, November 26, 2004

South Dakota has launched a new web site to market arts and crafts made in the state. Read more and visit the site.

I'm not sure how much it cost, but it was probably a good deal less than the $685,000 that some bonehead bureaucrats paid for a web site in Wisconsin. Amazingly, the arrangement was a no-bid contract. Read more. It sure is a swell web site, though. Read more.

While on the subject of web sites, you might be interested in this article out of Texas. Mark James, a colleague of mine on the faculty of the Economic Development Institute, explains some of the key components of an effective economic development web site. Read more.

The theme is picked up in this article from Toledo:

Here's an article from the latest issue of Governing magazine. It explores how GIS has become an integral component to economic development web sites. Read more.

posted by Ed Morrison |

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