Resources

Useful Resources Published in our Email Newsletters

• Census Bureau data on households and businesses since the beginning of COVID-19

Selected APA Webinars on Economic Development (Past Events)

• Economic Outlooks for Planning and Recovery
• Economic Development = Integrated Planning, Infrastructure, and Finance
• Disaster Resilience Housing and Economic Development
• Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Planning for Inclusive Recovery
• Establishing a Regional Economic Development District
• Redefining Planning and Economic Development
• Understanding Data Today to Save Tomorrow

Planning for Economic Development Task Force Documents

Do planners create jobs or are they solely regulators? APA’s Economic Development Task Force explored these issues in a 2015 report and presentation, telling the story of how planning is essential to economic development.

Through a series of mini-case studies, planners identify the differences between economic growth and economic development, learn the local context and parts of a regional economy, and better understand their local and regional economies.

• Planning for Economic Development Presentation
• Planning for Economic Development Report

Guides and Case Studies

• Eco-Industrial Development Guidebook and Case Studies for North America

• Homegrown Tools | A collection of searchable economic-development case studies that can help you make the case for strategies that stimulate private investment and job creation. (Are you a small town interested in contributing? Take a look at the contributor Dropbox folder here.)

Other Helpful Websites

• United States Economic Development Administration
• The U.S. Economic Development Administration Resources Page
  
• International Economic Development Council
• National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations