Mixing Economic Development And Planning

"Too often, planners defer to their city's economic development department or the local chamber of commerce — or give the nod to the local redevelopment agency, private industry council, visitors and convention bureau, or downtown merchants association."

The authors of this article in Planning Magazine " contacted eight planning and economic development professionals with different geographical focuses (rural, small town, city, regional, national, international) and different types of economic development practice. [The authors] asked them to define economic development, describe the role that planners play in economic development, and cite economic development projects that involved planners."

Thanks to Chris Steins