UMass Amherst Center Economic Development2024-04-262024-04-261994https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/4719<p>The Center for Economic Development at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, is part of the Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department, and is funded by the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the University of Massachusetts.</p>The goal of this report was to establish a system for one stop shopping where a project could go to one office and obtain all the permits necessary for the project to proceed; utilizing a bottom up approach so that the needs of local government are identified rather than determined by the state or federal government.DemographicsInfrastructureLand UseNatural ResourcesEconomic HistoryEconomicsGrowth and DevelopmentPublic EconomicsPublic PolicyUrban, Community and Regional PlanningUrban StudiesUrban Studies and Planningarticle