1. A new argument for taking local economic development initiatives The shift to a new economy Attributes of the new economy Job migration trends Community successes in the new economy Old problems in the new economy A deeply divided labor force The role of local economic development 2. Toward a national and state policy agenda National Economic Policies State economic development approaches Challenges and opportunities inherent in third-wave policy making 3. Concepts and theories of local economic development Theories of growth and development Toward a new synthesis: a reformulation of local economic development components 4. The local economic development planning process Preliminary tasks of local The six phases of planning Managing planning resources in the community Selecting a local economic development role Typology of planning approaches Features of local economic development planning 5. Analytical techniques for planning local development Information and analytical requirements for development planning Examining analytical techniques and tools 6. Selecting a local economic development strategy The goals of local economic development Prerequisites for successful strategy formulation Selecting strategic options Common traps in strategy formulation Assembling the elements of a strategy Projects from strategies Project finance 7. Locality development Landbanking and community land trusts Physical infrastructure development on industrial and commercial land Speculative buildings Zoning regulations Business improvement districts Regulatory improvement through simplification Tourism planning Townscaping Shopsteading Housing and neighborhood improvement Community services 8. Business development Creating a good business climate One-stop business assistance centers Start-up venture financing companies and development banks Small business development centers Group marketing systems Micro-enterprise Women's enterprises Promotion and tourism programs Research and development Enterprise zones New entrepreneur development activities 9. Humam resource development Realities of an undertrained workforce The public role in workforce development Goals of humam resource programs Matching humam resource programs and economic development objectivies Implementing a humam resource development strategy 10. Community-based economic and employment development Community development corporations Community cooperatives Local enterprise agencies Employee/Worker ownership Targeting and marketing 11. Preparing a detailed project plan Assessing project viability Detailed feasibility studies Organizational design Developing monitoring and evaluation programs 12. Institutional approaches for local economic development Organizational requirements for local development The economic development specialist Institutional approaches to local economic development A typology of development organizations Public-private partnerships 13. The high-technology economic development strategy The technology development process The soft infrastructure Inducing the high-tech base 14. Local economic development profession and professionals In search of a professional identity The community The organization The task functions The clients The professional roles Economic development careers