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Economic Development (Population Growth (New and More Services to provide,…
Economic Development
Population Growth
Boom Towns (what happens when a city grows too fast)
Density - how dense is too dense?
What's the relationship between density and economic competitiveness?
Traffic & Congestion
Worst traffic jams in recorded history
New and More Services to provide
What are the first services needed to invest in when your population is growing fast
Better ways to provide existing services
New Real Estate Development
Bigger Tax Base
Prettier Buildings
New services and uses
New Companies and Residents
Specialization and Clustering
How did public policy and investment shape America's biggest specializations in cities? Hollywood, Aerospace, Automobiles, Tech, Finance, :star:
Where do new residents go when they get to your city and why?
Gentrification
Affordability Crisis
Affordable Housing
Making it easier for developers to build affordable housing
When do developers want to build affordable housing?
How to stop an affordability crisis before it starts
Warning signs of an affordability crisis
Displacement
Where do all the displaced people go?
What are the first signs of gentrification - small business, housing, public services
Trapped/Suppressed Economic Potential
What could be delivering economic growth right now, but isn't and why?
How can cities most effectively connect people to economic opportunity
who?
underemployed
people who are discriminated against in the workforce and the schoolroom
People who have to travel too far to get to work
People sitting in jail for weed
Now that weed is legal - is there some type of workforce development program for people who have already demonstrated that they can sell it (and got locked up for doing so?
Poorly educated
What are the biggest / near-term economic opportunity for low-income people in cities?
Policy and Practice Change
What technological advancements are going to free up trapped economic potential and when?
Underutilized Assets - PLAXALL
I have an big idea, now what? (High Line) :star:
Capture Economic Potential
Incentives
When should you deploy incentives
How to make incentives better so that they serve your interests
The 5 most/least effective incentives to capture growth
Evaluating the impact of your incentives
Competition with other cities
Attractions - Good ones and Bad Ones - MALL OF AMERICA! NOT Aquariums :star:
The biggest economic rivalries in America (AKA why New York is the greatest place on Earth) - NY, Boston, DC, Los Angeles :star:
How will mid-sized cities stay competitive in a global economy?
Comprehensive Planning
Investment
Infrastructure
Transit
What scale of economic and neighborhood impact do different types of transit have?
How do you encourage real estate development around transit?
Parks
Say it with me - downtown before waterfront
New real estate development
Parks and their property values
Affordable Housing
Funding and Financing
Resilience
Funding and Financing
Green/Water
Funding and Financing
Infrastructure projects defining the future of American Cities
Industry
How do cities make bets on industries? What type of bets pay off?
What types of investments can mid-sized cities make to attract growth?
Planning
Funding and Financing
Public/Private Partnerships
What are the most common types of P3s - why, what's their benefit? :Star:
Portfolio
Property Disposition
Which investments pay off for attracting talent and jobs,
Series: How it got there - a look in the rear view of how some of our favorite public spaces / projects came to be (idea, org, funding, impact)
Don't forget the economics in a comprehensive plan
Why is a comprehensive plan crucial to the economic developer?
Economic Growth
Un/Equal Growth
How does it start? How can you fix it?
Making sure your economic growth reaches everyone
Now what?
Public-Private Partnerships