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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, Masters Student, Virginia Tech Co-Authors: Julie Herlands, AICP,

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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 Planning Magazine
  • 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.com

Local 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

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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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

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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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)

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Source: atlantaregional.com

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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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Huntington Park, California Pacific Boulevard

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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Historic Pacific Boulevard-1907

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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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

Source: commons.Wikimedia.org

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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

  • r 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 Provo Email: jprovo@vt.edu Phone: 540-231-4004 Adam Mawyer Email: adamrm7@vt.edu Link to report: http://www.econdev.vt.edu/images/pdfs/Econdevtaskforce.pdf