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Report from the APA Task Force on Planning and Economic Development
Presented by:
John Provo, PhD, Director of the Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development
Adam Mawyer, Master’s Student, Virginia Tech
Co-Authors:
Julie Herlands, AICP, Principal at TischlerBise
Ebonie Atkins, Research and Policy Technician, USDA Rural Development -Virginia
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Mission
• 2012 August/September 2012 PlanningMagazine
• Survey found 60 percent of respondents expect planners to address basic needs, namely:
- job creation
-education
-safety
-neighborhood protection
-clean water
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Provide APA members — Planners first — with tools to tell the story of how
Planning is essential to Economic Development in this country
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Economic Growth vs Economic Development• Complementary and mutually supportive—but different
concepts.
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Economic growth is about bigger.
Economic development is about better.
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Economic Base Theory
Source: commons.Wikimedia.org
Earnings
Local Workers
Source: pixabay.comLocal
Industry
Source: Wikimedia.commons.org
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Multiplier
Local Workers
Local Industry
Local Businesses
More Local Workers
Local Economy
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Understanding Your Economy
• Planners should understand & support their local economy in regional context • Industries What’s made in a place
• Occupations What workers do
• Knowledge economy = importance of human capital
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Economies are regional.
Land use decisions are local.
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Role of Planners: Growth Facilitation
• Providing land and infrastructure for economic growth
• Understanding the needs of different industries, including land use and workforce
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Role of Planners: Development Enhancement
• The Proximity of Uses and Redevelopment for Economic Development
• Importance of Physical and Virtual Channels
• The Balance between basic industries and self-reliance
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Role of Planners: Local Economic Activities• Use market research and
analysis to prevent speculative development
• Redeveloping existing structures, especially for commercial uses
• Understanding the role of land use decisions and fiscal sustainability
• Being aware of the locality’s role in the regional economy Source: commons.Wikimedia.org
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Case Studies
Based upon different APA divisions to illustrate how different planning specialization contribute to economic development
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Gainesville, Florida Innovation Square
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Gainesville, Florida Innovation Square
Source:
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Gainesville, Florida Innovation Square
Source: Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency
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Atlanta Regional Commission Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
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Atlanta Metropolitan Area
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport
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Huntington Park, California Pacific Boulevard
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Historic Pacific Boulevard-1907
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Parklet
Source: Streetsblog LA
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Devens, Massachusetts and Sustainability
Source: Peter Lowell, Devens Enterprise Comissions
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Fort Devens Military Base
Source: epa.gov and U.S. Army
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Recycling Center
Source: Peter Lowell, Devens Enterprise Commission
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Greater Grand Forks, North Dakota-Minnesota
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The Greenway – Greater Grand Forks
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Town Square of Greater Grand Forks
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1. Can planners help carry out meaningful local economic development strategies and build community assets for sustainable economic development?
2. How can planners be more than mere conveners?
3. How do planners mitigate the inherent conflicts between planning for the long term and incentivizing short-term benefits
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Queries
• Take a moment and think about your position, your role, your history with organization (current/past) as it relates to job/wealth creation or revitalization, redevelopment, local economy …
• Can you point to an example or two where you/your office had a pivotal role?
• Describe and discuss. • What was role of PLANNING? • Conflicts/consensus? Who were actors? What were the roles? Who took the
lead? Why?• What happened? Why?• What else do you think will happen? Why? • Is this what you expected? Why/why not? • What would you do differently next time?
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Takeaways: Planners can…
•Understand/communicate/support the local economy and its role in the regional economy
•Create/maintain/redevelop places attractive to “talent”
•Recognize/anticipate/address changing needs and one-time shocks to the economy
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Contact
John ProvoEmail: [email protected]: 540-231-4004
Adam MawyerEmail: [email protected]
Link to report: http://www.econdev.vt.edu/images/pdfs/Econdevtaskforce.pdf