City Government
Attracting High-Impact Developers and Investors
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD For years, communities that wanted to attract an industry or a single business would carefully… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD For years, communities that wanted to attract an industry or a single business would carefully… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD “You can’t sell from an empty wagon” is an adage from an earlier era when… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD During the initial stages of the founding and funding of community economic development programs, the… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD “Ensure the sustainability of new and startup businesses” is a strategy included in many community… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD As discussed in the last issue of The Competitive Community (August 29, 2016), a Development… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD Depending on the type, size and scale of an economic development project, the local government… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD Tax increment Financing (TIF) has become a viable and forceful tool in many community economic… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD Formulating economic development strategies is not difficult. Executing economic development strategies is difficult. The good… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD Today most communities are stepping up their efforts to retain and expand businesses in their… ...
By Bill R. Shelton CEcD Placemaking as a community development tool has been around since Jane Jacobs’ groundbreaking 1961 book,… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD Downtown revitalization strategies are highly dependent on upfront public investment to attract private investment and… ...
By Bill R. Shelton, CEcD “Becoming integrated in a community can make the difference between a store’s success and failure…… ...