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COMMENTARY: There’s More to a Metro Area Than Just a Name  [ 8/7/2006 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  A metro area is more like an extended family — with old parts and new, rich parts and poor, urban parts and suburban — basically, with something for everyone, depending upon what your company needs.   Read The Full Article

GUEST VIEWPOINT: Supreme Court’s Decision on Kelo Was Correct  [ 10/11/2005 ] By: Jeff Finkle, CEcD
  Ruling supports the idea that eminent domain is a critical economic development tool.   Read The Full Article

The Challenges and Rewards of Revitalizing Older Industrial Cities  [ 9/5/2005 ] By: David Soule, Joan Fitzgerald and Barry Bluestone
  There are plenty of obstacles, but also plenty of opportunities to reinvigorate the urban core.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: When it Comes to Eminent Domain, Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should  [ 7/11/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on eminent domain for economic development could hurt public support for those programs.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Let’s Put Some Smart Into Smart Growth  [ 12/20/2004 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  All the best intentions in the world won’t reenergize our cities’ economic vitality unless urban school districts begin graduating, in larger numbers, the type of well-educated future workers who will be able to perform the jobs the new economy demands.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Why Downtowns Are Losing Out to the Suburbs  [ 10/30/2004 ] By: Bill King
  Unless we fix our large urban school districts, our cities will continue to lose out economically to the suburbs. Why? Because businesses go where the best work force is.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Is Economic Development Really a “Public Use”?  [ 10/5/2004 ] By: Bill King
  Should a local government, under the guise of economic development, be able to use its powers of eminent domain to take property from one private party and give it to another?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: The Urban vs. Suburban Battle for Business  [ 10/1/2004 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Five myths about the competition between urban center and suburban economic developers.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: A Metro Area Is More Than Just the Central City  [ 7/18/2004 ] By: Bill King
  Even though we call our annual Best Metros for Business Expansion and Relocation competition the “Mayor’s Challenge,” the term “mayor” is often a misnomer. Why do I say that?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: A Metro Area Is Really Just Like a Sports Team  [ 7/1/2004 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

It takes all three components — the downtown, the outlying suburbs and the unincorporated sections of the county — to make a region thrive.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: Bad Schools Create Economic Development Nightmares  [ 1/1/2004 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

It's time to put politics aside and take personal responsibility for the success of our school districts. After all, today's students are tomorrow's work force.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: The Only Way to Successfully Compete Is to Be Competitive  [ 10/1/2003 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

If cities want to stop the outbound flow of companies, they need to forget about gimmicks and focus on improving their business climate.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: Why Downtown Is Losing Out to the Suburbs  [ 11/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

Businesses go where the work force is. It’s as simple as that.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: Is Business Attraction Immoral?  [ 1/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Should financial incentives be illegal, or is that just focusing on the symptoms instead of the desease?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Should Your Company Locate Downtown, or in The Suburbs?  [ 8/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

While you may have to choose from among many jurisdictions within a particular metro area, the first decision you need to make is between the central city and everywhere else.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: Metro Areas Are Really Just Like a Family  [ 5/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

When businesses, as well as everyday people, look a city, they’re really looking at the entire metropolitan statistical area. It’s about time the individual governing bodies did the same.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: What the Heck Is Smart Growth?  [ 7/1/1999 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

Smart Growth appears to be different things to different people. Before we get too far down the road, we ought to reach a common understanding of what it is so that we’ll know which side to be on.   Read The Full Article


'Smart Growth' is the Wave of the Future  [ 1/1/1998 ] By: John Skowronski
  Businesses will find more and more reasons to invest in 'brownfield' sites.   Read The Full Article