Browsing by Subject "Economic Development"

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A Roadmap to the Innovation Hub of the Hill Country
(2020) Pedigo, Steven
To further its pursuit of economic resiliency, Boerne/KendallCounty requires a deliberate, collaborative strategy for business expansion, startup and enterprise development, talent attraction/retention, and destination development. Guided by Steven Pedigo, faculty director of the LBJ Urban Labat the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin, and with the financial support of the IC2 Institute, the BoerneKendall County Economic Development Corporation (BKCEDC)has spent the past year engaging with residents, business executives, community leaders, and elected officials on how to build Kendall County into a creative and innovation hub for theTexas Hill Country. The result is this five-year strategy.An environmentally responsible community with an appreciation for its singular quality of life, Boerne/Kendall County is the creative and innovation hub for the Texas Hill Country.
Another Tale of Two Cities: A Summary of the Lessons Learned: What Two Capital City, University Towns Can Learn From Each Other
(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, 2004-05) Redman, C. Andrew
This paper tries to explain the factors that have led to slower growth in Baton Rouge compared to Austin.
Pathways to Energizing the Basin: A Policy Research Project
(2022) Pedigo, Steven
The Permian Basin is a diverse region full of potential forgrowth and development in the cities of Midland and Odessa.The University of Texas Permian Basin can help facilitate this necessary change, providing an opportunity to unite the region.Quantitative and qualitative analyses were done over the past year, which allowed for informed strategy recommendations. A vision statement will help the university navigate the strategy recommendations:The University of Texas Permian Basin will be a hub and connector for the region’s engagement, enrichment, and innovation.
Stephen F. Austin Unviersity: An Anchor Institution in Deep East Texas
(2022) Pedigo, Steven
The Deep East Texas (DET) region is experiencing the same challenges that many rural regions face today: a high poverty rate, low labor participation rates,lackluster job creation, insufficient industry diversification, brain drain (talent leaving the region for urban cities), and a lack of social inclusion.Deep East Texas looks to SFA, the regional public university, to be an active participant in addressing these trends and moving the economy toward resilience. In 2021, the Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation(CARRI) was established to act as a bridge between the university and the community to address region-wide problems and further encourage collaboration.To fulfill its mission of supporting academic programs and boosting regionaleconomic development, SFA partnered with the LBJ School of Public Affairs tobuild a plan that incorporates the strengths of the region and the potential of CARRI.
Technology Entrepreneurship in Indonesia and Kenya, PRP 183
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2015) Eaton, David J.; Gibson, David
The Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development project was designed as an opportunity for graduate students to develop skills as “consultants” to assist a variety of institutions, including non-profit organizations, for-profit firms, university research centers, and government agencies in encouraging technology entrepreneurship in Indonesia and Kenya. Students operated within interdisciplinary teams to provide diverse management consulting services on issues of organizational development, technology innovation and transfer, strategy, marketing, finance, human resources, development, fundraising, and sustainability. These two experiments have sought to enable innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and startups as key contributors to socioeconomic development to generate high-value employment and positively affect local communities within Indonesia and Kenya.
We'd Better Start Swimming: A Plan For Climate Action, Economic Growth, And Equity In Corpus Christi, Texas.
(2020-05) Hopkins, Holden
Climate change is coming for Corpus Christi, Texas, and with it comes economic disruption. In this thesis, I lay out the challenges facing my hometown, and offer my thoughts on how the city might turn them into opportunities. I begin by laying out what I see as the specific threats facing the city as a result of both the direct effects of climate change, and the need to address those effects by taking action against the fossil fuel industry, which also serves as the primary local industry. I describe what national action on climate change could look like, and then discuss the specific risks of unmitigated global warming to Corpus. Next, I discuss the consequences of failing to plan for the coming changes, using analogies to previous points in American history and projecting current trends to the future. I analyze the specific ways in which Corpus may suffer from inaction, and identify some of the specific vulnerable populations who would be left behind in such a case. In this section, I also dive into the philosophical reasonings behind the need for action, and why it is that we should specifically care about saving the city of Corpus Christi. Following this, I offer my thoughts on the current COVID-19 crisis, which has profound implications for this work. Using my analysis of the current situation, I then offer a three-part plan for the post-fossil fuel future of the city of Corpus Christi. In this plan, I focus on infrastructure, economic development, and land use. I posit a broadening of definition of infrastructure, and advocate for a re-prioritization in how we shape our physical spaces. With economic development, I dive into some of the industries which thrive in the Corpus of the near future, and tackle the specific issue of displaced workers from the oil and gas industries. Finally, I explore a case study in economic land use policy, and offer a template for its application to the land which will one day be vacated by the refineries currently present in the city. I conclude with a discussion of some of the current forces which are accelerating the city’s timeline for action, and outline how my suggestions might apply in this specific case. Lastly, I end with a call to action, and my hope for the future of the city of Corpus Christi.