Sunday, September 25, 2005
A small town to the east of Kansas City has developed a new public-private partnership for economic development. The partnership provides a means for the public and private sector to come together to identify economic development priorities.
Increasingly, regions are coming to understand that both the public and private sectors have roles to play in defining economic strategies. We can divide the strategies into two broad groups. Publicly lead, privately supported strategies focus on infrastructure investments. Privately lead, publicly supported strategies tend to focus on business development.
Read more about the partnership emerging in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Her's another case of discovering partnerships in a small place. This one is from Wise County, Virginiai. Read more.
posted by Ed Morrison |
links
Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
If you are using a news reader, here is the link to syndicate this site:
Here's the link if you are a bloglines subscriber:
Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
Download some background information on me here.
Building public-private partnerships in a small town
