NADO.org » competitive advantage http://www.nado.org National Association of Development Organizations Mon, 13 May 2013 18:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=134 Workshop Materials: 5×5 Grantee Presentations http://www.nado.org/workshop-materials-5x5-grantee-presentations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workshop-materials-5x5-grantee-presentations http://www.nado.org/workshop-materials-5x5-grantee-presentations/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:24:01 +0000 Brett Schwartz http://www.nado.org/?p=8414 Southeast Region Peer Exchange... for HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grantees working in rural or small metropolitan regions to develop plans and partnerships to bolster their]]> On April 23-24, 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, NADO hosted a Southeast Region Peer Exchange for HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grantees working in rural or small metropolitan regions to develop plans and partnerships to bolster their communities’ economic competitiveness by engaging place-based strategies.

In this session, attendees had five minutes and five Powerpoint slides to describe key succeess with their project in this fast-paced series of short presentations.

Click here to download the Powerpoint presentations (PDF)

]]> http://www.nado.org/workshop-materials-5x5-grantee-presentations/feed/ 0 Workshop Materials: Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage http://www.nado.org/workshop-materials-finding-and-leveraging-competitive-advantage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workshop-materials-finding-and-leveraging-competitive-advantage http://www.nado.org/workshop-materials-finding-and-leveraging-competitive-advantage/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:30:44 +0000 Brett Schwartz http://www.nado.org/?p=7866 Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26, 2013.  Organized by NADO and Envision Utah..., this workshop brought together around 50 HUD Sustainable]]> These materials are from the breakout session “Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage,” held at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26, 2013.  Organized by NADO and Envision Utah, this workshop brought together around 50 HUD Sustainable Communities grantees, experts, and capacity-builders to focus on place-based local economic development strategies and scenarios planning.

In this session, Nora Johnson (EPA) and Kathy Nothstine (NADO) facilitated a discussion that explored how regions and communities can approach bottom-up, asset-based economic development to better identify economic drivers, promote sustainable growth patterns, and attract and retain businesses and residents.

Materials:
Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage Powerpoint (PDF)
Leveraging Assets Worksheet (PDF)

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