What Companies Seek from Communities: Tools to Respond

Session: Technology-Led Economic Development

April 1, 4:00 PM

Dr. Rhonda Phillips, CED, AICP
University of Florida

Abstract

Technology-led economic development can work for small and mid-sized communities. This presentation focuses on 12 factors that tech companies
look for in communities and then presents responses that communities can take to attract, retain, and grow tech-based enterprises. A matrix of
responses shows how traditional economic development planning activities can be refocused on tech-based development.

What Companies Seek from Communities: Tools to Respond

Author and Copyright Information

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Dr. Rhonda Phillips, CED, AICP
rhondap@ufl.edu
Director, Center for Building Better Communities
University of Florida
http://web.dcp.ufl.edu/urp/