Business development includes business recruitment, retention, and attraction. It can range from arts and entertainment to retail, restaurants, and services. Specific topics such as entrepreneurship, co-op businesses, farmers markets, and buy-local programs are included.
The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service provides educational programs and resources to help businesses and entrepreneurs take advantage of untapped market opportunities and enhance their competitive edge based on the latest research findings and technology.
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SBDCs help entrepreneurs realize the dream of business ownership and help existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace. They are generally affiliated with a University outreach or Extension service.
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The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs is a clearinghouse for information on rural issues, coordinates rural research, and works with state agencies on issues of importance to rural communities.
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Communities naturally ask “are local retail businesses reaching their fullest potential or are there weaknesses that need to be addressed?” In order to address these basic questions communities need to have basic insights into the relative strengths and weaknesses local retail and service markets.
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This report is a general overview of the procedure to undertake community redevelopment under the Act, identifying nine steps from the initial decision to consider establishing a CRA through the amendment process.
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This manual is designed to help small town revitalization efforts. Building on several basic principles, the manual provides small Pennsylvania communities with a menu of low-cost tools and strategies that they can adopt as they try to revitalize their central business districts.
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This publication includes stories about planning and implementing economic development strategies in 45 small towns with populations of fewer than 10,000 residents.
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It is widely reported that most new businesses and jobs are created by the economic activities of existing enterprises. For that reason alone it makes sense to be attentive to the needs and interests of a community’s existing business base. This guide offers a complementary “middle-ground” approach that is less formal than a BR&E program, and more purposeful than very casual approaches.
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The program provides communities different approaches to address economic and community capacity issues. Surveys are predominantly used to gather information needed for decision makers.
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This publication is a guide to beginning a business retention and expansion (BR&E) visitation program.
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