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HIGHLIGHTS AND RECAP: 2011 INNER CITY ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Job creation is at the forefront of all economic discussions. As headlines read “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,” the country is looking for ways to create the next generation of jobs and jumpstart America’s economic recovery. Yet in this time of austerity, cities must look to the resources they have to generate economic opportunity. Leaders across the nation are recognizing that urban America --- Urban 2.0 --- already holds the assets critical to fostering business growth.
At the 2011 Inner City Economic Summit, a select group of experienced corporate, civic and nonprofit leaders convened to develop business-led strategies to leverage preexisting urban assets in order to foster urban job growth. Interactive panel sessions focused on repurposing industrial assets, cultivating emerging markets and engaging private sector resources.
Here you will find a recap of the Summit. The agenda, slideshows, videos and blog entries from the event can all be found on this page.
Watch Videos of the Summit Presentations
- Opening Remarks Day One (7 min.)
- Community-Based Capital for Small Business Financing (1 hour, 13 min.)
- Corporate Community Engagement in Chicago (1 hour, 20 min.)
- Opening Remarks Day Two (9.5 min.)
- Keynote by Professor Michael E. Porter (1 hour, 15 min.)
- Industrial 2.0: Rethink, Repurpose, Retrain (1 hour, 9 min.)
- Developing an Industrial Strategy for Detroit (1 hour, 3 min.)
- Food 2.0: Cultivate and Nourish a Growing Industry (1 hour, 3 min.)
- Targeting Distressed Economic Areas in the Age of Regionalism (58 min.)
Download Summit Powerpoint Presendations (PDFs):
- A Cluster-based Approach to Inner City Economic Development - Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter
- Designing an Inner City Food Cluster Strategy - Jon Aram, NextStreet Financial; Karen Karp, Karp Consulting; Teresa Lynch, ICIC
- Dedicated to Detroit's Growth - Olga Stella, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Download Summit Program Materials:
View Photos from the National Inner City Leadership Reception
Blog Entries
Over the course of the two-day Summit, ICIC staff and guest bloggers detailed what they heard during panels: interesting new data, creative ideas, innovative solutions, and opportunities for improving our urban economies. Below you will find all the blog entires that were written during, or in the immediate aftermath, of the Summit:
- Two Days is Never Enough by Amanda Maher (more entries below)
- And We're Off... by Amanda Maher
- Kicking Things Off with ICIC President, Mary Kay Leonard by Amanda Maher
- Thoughts Prior to Urban 2.0 by Alex Abboud
- Building Capital in the Inner City by Alex Abboud
- Why We Should Love HUD's 'Project Rebuild' by Amanda Maher
- Private Leadership for Public Good by Alex Abboud
- What is an Inner City? And How Do We Create Jobs There? -Remarks by Dr. Porter by Amanda Maher
- Clustering for Growth by Alex Abboud
- Practitioners: Why Solar Isn't the Answer to Inner City Economic Development by Alex Rodriguez
- The Death and Rebirth of Industry and Manufacturing by Alex Abboud
- Food - Not Just Good for Our Bellies, but Also Our Inner City Economies by Amanda Maher
- A Food Revolution in the City by Alex Abboud
- Two Days is Never Enough by Amanda Maher
- Thoughts on Food 2.0 by a New Urban Mom
- "Jobs Anywhere" is Not Enough by Andriana Abariotes
