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Florida State University 
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
URP 5540: State and Local Economic Development




 

 

Lectures Notes

Week 1 Introduction to Economic Development
·        Intro to ED
Week 2
·        Stages of Economic Growth (Thompson)
·        Economic Development Theories Overview Slide
·        Economic Development Theories Slides
Week 3
·        Overview of the Three Waves of Economic Development
Week 4
·        NONE
Week 5
·        Locality Development Strategies

·        Business Development Approaches
Week 6
·        Community/Human Development Strategies
Week 7
·        Selection of an Economic Development Strategy
Week 8
·        Downtown Redevelopment in the U.S. (Robertson)

·        The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City (Porter)
Week 9 Student ED Finance Chapter Presentations
·        The Legal Context

·        Development Exactions

·        Enterprise Zones

·        Financing Neighborhood Businesses

·        The Case of BMW in South Carolina

·        Credit Financing

·        Venture Capital

·        Sports Facilities and Economic Development

·        Financing Brownfields Redevelopment

·        Financing Retail Development

·        Rural Economic Development

·        Effectiveness of Economic Development
Week 10
·        Fogelsong’s Married to the Mouse
Week 11
·        Married to the Mouse Continued
Week 12
·        Pagano and Bowman’s Cityscapes and Capital
Week 13
·        Economic Development Practice
Week 14
·        NONE
Week 15
·        Effectiveness of Economic Development

·        Future of Economic Development