Center for Economic Development
 

The Center for Economic Development is a research and community-oriented technical assistance center. Housed in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, the CED fits well with the Department's long tradition of outreach to Massachusetts' cities and towns. As a case in point, its faculty and students have worked on economic development issues in more than 200 cities and towns in the past ten years. As well, its faculty has specializations that include industrial development, retail/commercial development, tourism, marketing, employment training, quantitative analysis and data analysis.

The Center's role is to provide technical assistance to communities, undertake critical community based studies, disseminate information, and to enhance local and multi-community capacity for strategic planning and development. This approach is designed to relate the concerns and goals of commerce and industry to those of the broader community. The Center can then work closely with both community and business sectors, providing information and assistance needed for growth, management, and public benefit. The Center's clientele and cooperators reflect that the Center does indeed work well with all sectors: community development corporations, state agencies, municipalities, regional planning agencies, developers, business leaders, chambers of commerce, local officials, public groups and the managers of firms.

Dr. Henry Renski
CED Director
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture and
Regional Planning
hrenski@larp.umass.edu

Dr. John R. Mullin, FAICP,
CED Associate Director
Professor Emeritus
Department of Landscape Architecture and
Regional Planning
jmullin@provost.umass.edu

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Center for Economic Development Technical Reports