Washington D.C.
- The Potomac KnowledgeWay
... is a
not-for-profit leadership organization that
acts as a catalyst, thought leader and
idea incubator to help the Greater
Washington region to be a global leader in
advanced telecommunications, content,
and Internet-related industries, and the
new opportunities their convergence is
creating in the region.
- "I was shocked by the growth of the DC metro area's
high tech industries. DC now outranks the San
Francisco Bay Area as the nation (and the world's)
leading hub for Internet backbone networks." (Anthony
Townsend)
- Alabama
- North Alabama Industrial
Development Association, Inc.
The mission of NAIDA is to assist in creating quality
jobs for residents of Northern Alabama. This is accomplished through
coordinating the location, development and
promotion of business and industry which will attract, expand, and/or
retain jobs.
- California
- California's Chambers
of Commerce [List]
- Employment Development Department
[California]
- Orange County Business
Council
Economic Development Division:
The Economic Development Division focuses on the
"sales and marketing" of
Orange County, concentrating on retention,
attraction and expansion of jobs into the
county. Our founding principles are to leverage
financial and human resources to
strengthen existing businesses, to encourage
business growth, to enhance the
economic vitality of the county, to highlight a
strong educational base and to
promote tourism in Orange County.
- The San Jose Silicon
Valley Chamber of Commerce
... is the largest
business organization serving San Jose and
Silicon Valley. The chamber's programs are
geared to improving the business climate, offering
economic information, creating business
development opportunities, promoting
lead exchanges, and building business skills
through marketing, management and leadership
education.
Colorado
Georgia
- Indiana
- Indiana
Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) -- The IACIR was
established
by the General Assembly in 1995 to provide a forum to plan for and
address
the problems that will arise as greater demands are made on state and
local
governments. Based upon federal and other states' enabling statutes,
Indiana
is one of 20 states to establish an intergovernmental commission. The
mission
of the IACIR is to create effective communication, cooperation, and
partnerships
between the federal, state, and local units of government to improve
the
delivery of services to the citizens of Indiana.
-
Metropolitan
Association of
Greater Indianapolis Communities (MAGIC) -- MAGIC is a
private
sector organization serving economic development constituencies in
Central
Indiana by advocating regional market driven solutions for area
development
and well-being. MAGIC exists to sustain a powerful Indianapolis
regional
vision. We seek collaborative regional solutions to the problems
associated
with becoming the world's most successful economic and social regional
community model.
- Indiana Chamber
of Commerce
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is Indiana's oldest and largest business
advocacy and lobbying organization. Membership in the Chamber is not
only a good value, but includes your business in an exclusive network of
thriving and established businesses and organizations.
- Greater Lafayette Chamber
of Commerce
- Indiana Junior Chamber of
Commerce
- Southern Indiana Chamber of
Commerce
The Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce is a
membership organization in which volunteer members
work together to improve the business climate and enhance
the quality of life in their region.
Louisiana
Maine
New York
- Greater New York Chamber of
Commerce
The mission of the Chamber is to improve the
business climate and quality of living in the New York
Metropolitan Area.
Chamber of Commerce On-LineTM is an on-line
database that makes it easy to find reliable
businesses and services. You can conduct your search by
either company name, through a listing of categories
or just by typing in any descriptive information that you
want in our search engines.
- The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
"... is dedicated to the growth of the Manhattan business
community through interaction with fellow Members, our
surrounding neighborhoods and the international community.
Members are offered a wide range of benefits,
including business seminars, networking opportunities,
legistative updates and special discount rates for group
health insurance, long distance telephone calls,
overnight carriers, magazines and even movie tickets!
- Ohio
- Regional Growth Partnership (Ohio)
[Greater Toledo]
- Toledo Area Chamber of
Commerce
"The mission of the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce is to
accelerate economic development in Northwest Ohio by
creating a favorable business climate and providing meaningful
services for its members."
- Oregon
- Portland Development
Commission
In 1958 Portland voters created the Portland Development
Commission (PDC) as a
city agency to deliver projects and programs which achieve the
city's housing, economic
development and redevelopment priorities and link citizens to
jobs. Specifically, PDC is the City agency that helps provide
sustained livability for our City
and region. Our mission is to bring together community
resources to achieve
Portland's vision of a vital economy with healthy
neighborhoods and quality jobs for all citizens.
- Virginia
- Hampton Roads Economic Development
Alliance.
The Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance (HREDA) was officially
formed on July 1, 1997 when the five South
Hampton Roads cities (Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and
Virginia Beach) and the business community agreed to fund this new
initiative. In December of 1997,
the Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors voted to
join HREDA as well. For the first time, the region's public and private
sectors pooled financial resources
and agreed to market the region nationally and
internationally under the "Hampton Roads" banner.
- Canada
- Welsh Development Agency
"...is committed to helping existing businesses
expand and thrive and to encouraging inward investment, the
relocation of industry and the creation of jobs. Its success has
transformed Wales into the
best business climate in Europe and positioned the country at
the leading edge of innovation and technology."
United Kingdom:
Consulting Firms:
ECONorthwest,
the
Northwest's largest and most respected economic
consulting firm. From our offices in Portland and Eugene, Oregon, and
Seattle, Washington, we work for
private- and public-sector clients throughout the U.S., with a
primary emphasis on the West and Pacific
Northwest. Since 1974, we have completed more than 1,000 projects in
economics, finance, planning,
and policy evaluation. We bring this experience, plus a commitment to
quality products and personal
service, to each of our clients and projects.
Newspaper Clippings:
1995 blueprint hasn't kept growth
under control
Seattle Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1998
by Kery Murakami
"Only 3 1/2 years ago, then-King County Executive
Gary Locke and other local leaders laid out a blueprint to
guide the county's growth into the next century. It was heralded as
a way to managethe next 20 years of growth more sensibly than
the county's last boom in the late 1980s.
That the county has gotten so far off track, so
quickly, is in no small part due to an economy that has boomed louder and
longer than expected."
Can rural growth explosion be
quelled? ; Seattle Times,
Wednesday, June 24, 1998, by Kery Murakami
"SAMMAMISH PLATEAU - Growth has
spread here with the sanity
of a wildfire. The story was
in Leslie Kralicek's face the
other day as she drove her
gray sport-utility vehicle
around the plateau, digging
the heels of her hands into
her eyes with every signpost
giving "Notice of Proposed
Land Action."
Literature:
Erickson, Rodney A., (Professor of Business Administration), and Craig R.
Humphrey, (Associate
Professor of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University),
"Nonprofit Industrial Development
Organizations' Accountability and
Distributional Effects" [(WP 95.003)]
[Nonprofit Sector
Research Fund, Aspen Institute]
"Over the past two decades, nonprofit industrial development organizations
(NIDOs) have proliferated in
communities across the nation. These organization are both similar to and
distinct from community
development corporations (CDCs). NIDOs promote industrial expansion in a
community through advertising,
improving local infrastructure, arranging financial incentives, and
preparing appropriate industrial space and
facilities." [updated Aug 3, 1998]
Fisher, Peter S. and Alan H. Peters. Industrial Incentives: Competition
Among American States and Cities. Upjohn Institute, 1998. ($19, paper)
Mattoon, R.H.,"Economic Development Policyin the 1990s -- are State
Economic Development Agencies Ready?" Economic Perspectives, Fed.Reserve
Bank of Chicago, May-June 1993, pp.11ff.
Rice, Mark P., and Jana B. Matthews, Growing New Ventures, Creating New
Jobs: Principles and Practices of Successful Business Incubation.
Westport, Coon: Greenwood, Quorum Books, 1995.
[Abstract in JEL June 1996, p.894]
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