Economic Growth through Regional and Local Economic Development Strategies, Business Development, Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship.
ME&A creates solutions to economic growth through participatory regional and local economic development (LED) strategies including:
- Regional and LED strategy development
- City-wide development strategies that integrate LED with other social and public service needs
- Turning development strategies into program and project implementation
- Capital improvement plans and budgets
- Land use and location analysis, property tax and cadastral systems
- Public awareness campaigns and LED programming
- Spatial mapping, including GIS, LIS and related technologies
- Urban planning, zoning and land development strategies
- Public-private partnerships for development
- Coalition building between public agencies and the private sector
- Policy and program analysis related to national, regional and local systems and interrelationships for economic development
- Training workshops, LED seminars and workshops
ME&A also creates solutions to business development and competitiveness problems spanning a range from technology transfer and manufacturing extension to basic services in support of small businesses and entrepreneurs, including:
- Commercialization of applied research
- Seed capital fund development
- Modernization of manufacturing operations and related services
- Manufacturing and service sector competitive analysis
- SME advocacy programs
- Firm-level strategic and operational planning
- Entrepreneurial training and development
- Public awareness campaigns and programming related to business development and competitiveness activities
- Management, administration, and human resources
- Export process analysis and planning for export success
