Sunday, June 25, 2006
Last week, I highlighted the food fight between Cincinnati and Cleveland over casino gambling.
The Greater Cleveland Partnership has taken on this initaitive as one of their primary economic development strategies. Read more.
The fight escalated last week. A Cincinnati councilwoman called the tactics used by the business promoters of a casino in Cleveland, "the slimiest thing I've ever seen." Read more.
She is calling for a boycott of the Cleveland-based initiative.
Maybe the lesson in all this is simple: You can expect to trigger small town reactions if you treat a state constitution like a small town zoning ordinance.
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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.
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