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Annual Report Grant Period July 1, 1997 Through June 30, 1998, Center For Economic Development
Annual Report Grant Period July 1, 1997 Through June 30, 1998, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
Center for Economic Development's Annual Report for the Grant Period of July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998.
The report includes a description of the Center for Economic Development, Institutional Issues and Successes, and Target Areas for the program.
Studies and Community Based Projects, Conferences/Work Meetings, Technical Assistance to State and Regional Agencies, and their Dissemination are all discussed as well.
Finally, the report includes Results, Assessment, and Evaluation of the programs work and progress.
University Of Massachusetts Housing Study The Economic Impact Component, Center For Economic Development
University Of Massachusetts Housing Study The Economic Impact Component, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The Economic Impact Component of the University of Massachusetts Housing study aims to answer two research questions:
1. What are the direct and indirect economic impacts of the housing industry in Massachusetts?
2. What is the significance of housing as a factor in business location decisions?
The first, and primary, question was addressed through a quantitative assessment using the "Local Impact of Homebuilding Model" calibrated by the National Association of Home Builders, The second research question was addressed through a qualitative assessment of area development and site selection literature and policy analyses dealing with business location criteria.
Economic Sustainability Plan For Adams, Massachusetts: Ten Year Projection Plan, Center For Economic Development
Economic Sustainability Plan For Adams, Massachusetts: Ten Year Projection Plan, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The client for this project is James Leitch, The town administrator for the Town of Adams. In addition, we are working in close conjunction with the Center for Economic Technology (C.E.T.).
The purpose of this project is to assist Adams in the creation of a ten year economic action plan, which is only one-third of Adams proposed Comprehensive Sustainability Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is to be completed by the merger of three plans: the 1997 University of Massachusetts Landscape Architecture Studio Report on environmental elements within the Town, our 1998 Economic Action Plan, and a Social Plan, to be developed …
Providence Place: The Development Of A Downtown Mall, Center For Economic Development
Providence Place: The Development Of A Downtown Mall, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This study examines the history of urban mall development in the United States and the role of such sites in widespread revitalization efforts that are intended to protect the city from further decline and bring it back to its once thriving existence, before the mass relocations to the suburbs.
Providence Place in downtown Providence, Rhode Island is the primary focus of the study which has three objectives. The first objective is to analyze the development patterns of suburban malls in the Providence region. The second is to identify the economic factors that prompted the development of a large scale downtown …
The Valley Of Innovation Springfield Biotechnology Summary Report, Center For Economic Development
The Valley Of Innovation Springfield Biotechnology Summary Report, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The Valley of Innovation is a new industrial region that is being formed as the result of recent technology transfers and significant growth in the biotechnology sector. The region includes part of western Massachusetts along with Central Connecticut and runs from north to south along the I-91 corridor, following the general borders of the Connecticut River Valley. The region extends from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, through Springfield, Massachusetts, and continues past Hartford, Connecticut, to New Haven, and down I-95 towards New York State.
Currently in embryonic form, the region has the potential to grow rapidly. It is nurtured …