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Urban Economic Development

Insights and strategies for leaders in urban economic development

What Works for Cities: Practices in Action

Read case studies from our new Practices in Action database: the strategies that city, civic and business leaders are deploying to address some of the nation’s greatest economic and businesses development challenges in cities.

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Highlights and Recap: 2012 Inner City Economic Summit

Cities across the country are creating innovative models and collaborative partnerships to lay the groundwork for sustainable economic development. During the 2012 Inner City Economic Summit, city, civic and business leaders will gather to share practices that are proving durable in this fiscal climate; an engaging agenda will extend on-the-ground efforts and identify adaptable solutions. Newly equipped with a What Works blueprint, leaders will have the framework to create accessible jobs and maximize investment in their cities.

Here you will find a recap of the Summit. The program materials, slideshows, videos and blog entries from the event can all be found on this page.

September 19-20, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston


Watch Videos of the Summit Presentations and Download Presentation PowerPoints

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Want to learn more about the Summit and how to get involved? Contact Steven Pediog at spedigo@icic.org or 617-238-3009. 

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:

 


Getting Creative with Eds and Meds by Alex Abboud
Equity and the Changing Demographics of America by Alex Abboud
Four Lessons on Building a Local Food Cluster by Alex Abboud
Putting the Work Back in Workforce by Sathya Vijayakumar
Building a Successful Inner City Workforce by Alex Abboud
Making Industry Work for Cities by Alex Abboud
Food for Jobs by Linda Li
How Cities Define and Quantify "What Works" by Cristina Garmendia
Using Economic Development Strategies to Inform Investment Decisions by Brian Hull
Can the U.S. and its Cities be Competitive Again? by Linda Li
What do Small Businesses Need to Learn to Scale and Grow? by Alex Rodriguez
Connecting Underserved Businesses to New Revenue Generating Opportunities by Sathya Vijayakumar

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2011 Summit Highlights

At the 2011 Summit, Urban 2.0: Next Generation of Jobs and Businesses, interactive panel sessions focused on repurposing industrial assets, cultivating emerging markets and engaging private sector resources.

View Summit recap materials.

  • A sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city through private, for-profit initiatives and investment based on economic self-interest and genuine competitive advantages.
     

Professor Michael E. Porter,

Founder and Chairman

ICIC

for our monthly Inner City Insights.

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