Economic Development from the State and Local Perspective Case Studies and Public Policy Debates

Houston, Texas and other regions are booming while others struggle. Why are Texas and other regions succeeding when others fail? Public and private sector organizations across the United States are struggling with how to revive the American economy, to not only employ people and create wealth but to keep America on top of the global economy. Most of the actual action geared toward creating jobs and wealth occurs at the state and local level. Economic Development from the State Local Perspective is a public policy roadmap, mixing case law, public policy, and economic strategy, and examining the wide range of issues facing efforts to improve the American economy, to illustrate how economic growth is driven through strong public-private partnerships, and how successful growth strategies from the state and local level operate to grow jobs.

David J. Robinson is Adjunct Professor at the John Glenn School for Public Affairs at Ohio State University, USA, and Principal of the Montrose Group, LLC. He also served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, director of Government Relations at Ameritech Ohio, press secretary to the Mayor of Columbus, and general counsel to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

1. Defining Economic Development
2. Economic Development Strategic Planning
3. Economic Development Organizations
4. The Metropolis Case Study
5. Economic Development Building Block: Land Use Regulation and Zoning
6. Economic Development Building Block: Eminent Domain
7. Economic Development Building Block: Annexation
8. Economic Development Building Block: Infrastructure
9. Economic Development Building Blocks: Workforce Readiness
10. Economic Development Building Block: Tax Policy
11. Economic Development Building Block: Quality of Life
12. Economic Driver: Energy Lead Economic Development
13. Economic Driver: Technology Based Economic Development
14. Economic Development Driver: Globalism
15. Economic Development Driver: Advanced Manufacturing Strategy
16. Economic Development Driver: The Regional Service Economy
17. The Future of Economic Development