Enhancing Local Government Project The Elected Official's Guide to Benefits to the User You will understand more about how to create an effective economic development process that brings new wealth to your community. This resource uses common, ordinary language to describe exactly what needs to happen to make economic development successful. You will have the opportunity to take a close-up look at how nine Michigan cities have used ED tools successfully. This resource lets you hear from elected officials just like you, as they tell you how to be successful in creating jobs and raising your tax base. You will see and hear the individuals responsible for their community’s economic development process tell you exactly how they went about their projects and what made them highly successful. This resource takes the “mystery” out of the tools and terms used in economic development. The “Tools” section tells you what the tools are, how they can be used. What You Can Achieve With This CD-ROM Resource Learn how Michigan communities can bring new jobs to their areas even in tough economic times. Observe how economic development projects bring millions of dollars in new tax revenue to local governments. Discover the wealth of ED tools available to assist local communities in economic development. Investigate each of those tools and how they can function to the benefit of your community. Study the techniques of forming partnerships between local, township, county, state and federal governments agencies and organizations. Examine original documents to see how plans, resolutions, policy and procedures are constructed in real-life situations. Delve into nine Michigan case study cities and the economic development projects that brought them thousands of new jobs and millions of new tax revenue. Master the key ingredients to success in economic development projects and see these lessons applied to nine Michigan case study cities. Enjoy a wealth of information from web-based sources worldwide on all aspects of local community economic development. View marketing brochures and TV commercials, hear radio spots all designed to promote a community’s economic development possibilities. Bring New Jobs, Increase the Tax Base in Your Community Increased tax base keeps community services available to all citizens Residents cannot bear the tax burden that would provide them all the services they need Industry, business, commercial districts are revenue effective Economic development meets the needs of a wide variety of community stakeholders By using this CD-ROM resource and learning all that elected officials need to know about economic development, you will be able to make wiser, more effective decisions that will have positive results for all the citizens of your community. Your effectiveness as a community leader will be greatly enhanced. The results of your efforts will be a community legacy of increased prosperity and capability. Is your municipality ready for economic development? Are you taking the right steps to retain businesses and to market your community to new businesses? Find out how Michigan’s exemplary communities market themselves, and prepare their communities to retain business and attract new industries. Learn about the economic development tools that help a community provide the necessary infrastructure to allow business expansion and re-location to your area. This limited time introductory offer is made possible by generous underwriting from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Here is a CD-ROM that is a $250 value, now yours for only $79.95, while this introductory offer lasts. Click on the link above to order. Review the meaning of key phrases and terms while
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