Ed Morrison · Economic development links

January 11th, 2009

Links on economic development:

  • UA and LCCC unveil new center
  • Cleveland Mayor Jackson seeks $730 million for big infrastructure projects
  • Virginia Beach offers podcasts of city news
  • Kalamazoo: We’re leading the way in economic development
  • Counties sign revenue sharing agreement
  • Economic development chief sees strong 2009 for Southwest Michigan
  • Groups collaborate to answer questions about regionalism
  • National eHealth Collaborative Launched

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    1. Brad Whitehead Says:
      January 11th, 2009 at 9:12 am

      Ed,

      These are great links – thanks! Would love to learn more about the S. Carolina tax sharing – have you been involved with this? Let’s make sure the NEO Mayors and Managers check it out as a model.

      Hope turn out will be strong for the Hudson regionalism discussion – good to see this conversation moving past the “yes/no”, “for/against” mentality to the more thoughtful consideration of “what kind” of regionalism.

    2. Ed Morrison Says:
      January 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks, Brad:

      I have not worked with these folks, but the approach makes a lot of sense.

      States like Virginia have been at this for a while (state authorizing legislation started in the late 1970’s.) These efforts started as a way to reduce pressures for annexation, but as economic development has moved more regionally in the past two decades, the motive for revenue sharing has shifted.

      Ohio’s legislation authorizing Joint Economic Development Districts — a more limited idea — passed in the early 1990’s, I think.

      Here’s a report I dug out from my files that might be helpful: http://snurl.com/9tbe3