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A Review of the Fellowship: Themes ExploredThe Regional Sustainable Development

Fellowship

Stephen MichonFall 2007/Winter 2008

Framework for the Fellowship

•It takes a region to achieve the economies of scale, scope, and opportunity necessary for broad business success.

•Business can lead at the regional scale, where civil jurisdictions lack effective mechanisms, and the business sector has the capacity to mobilize resources, the expertise to organize & implement, and has continuity.

•But, no single business can effect wholesale regional change

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Framework for the Fellowship

•In fact, in a knowledge-based, global economy, it’s now the central challenge of business-based, civic institutions (Chambers of Commerce) to help their member businesses

•The skills and tools to support the mission of modern regional business organizations are quite different from those required for traditional civic boosterism.

strategic analysiscoalition building and agenda settingproduct development, implementation, and evaluation

This Fellowship can build knowledge and the capacity for action!

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Why RSD and Why Chambers?

Frank Beal “The Chicago Story”•Organizing business voice so can make distinction between short-

term needs of those around the table & long term needs of the regional economy

•The case needs to be stated: too often voice is muted, silent, or garbled

Michael Gallis “Empowering Leaders to Shape the Future of Regions”

•Understand the forces of change, organize to respond, build capacity to direct change

Manuel Pastor “Creating & Sharing Opportunity in America’s Metro Regions”

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Land Use, Transportation and Sustainable Development

Scott Polikov “Regional Land Use Management and Sustainable Development”

•Economic development through place-making – design and the physical matters

•Make sure existing regulations don’t prohibit the opportunity for different uses

•If leave it alone, others will do it. Be at the table.

Kathleen Osher “The Denver Story: Moving a Transit Agenda”•Transit as a tool to create region and POP – new trajectory

•Design is important, but not enough:• Client is “people”• Don’t forget the essentials of a well-executed campaign (only new mistakes,

planning, coalition building)

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Land Use, Transportation and Sustainable Development

Regional Tours •Englewood – TOD/Corridor Development

•Fort Worth – Trinity Uptown Riverfront Development

John Kasarda “Airport Driven Business Development: Increasing Metropolitan Competitiveness”

•Airports are much more than aviation hubs – they are the new metro corridor

Robert Puentes “Roads, Rails, and Beyond: Implications for Metropolitan American”

•Transportation decision-making is outdated, compartmentalized and aspatial

•A new metro transit agenda is needed

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Human Capital and Sustainable Development

Bill Brock and John Fitzpatrick “K-12 Systems Reform” •The imperative for system reform

•But, realistically, what is the role of Chamber – new ways to talk to education, transparency & data, human capital interventions

Rick McGahey “Regional Solutions to Workforce Development”

•The system is broke!

Peter Creticos “Immigrants and the Regional Economies” •The regionalization of immigration

•Chamber role-awareness, workforce/community integration, policy engagement

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Other Content Dives

Conrad Egan “Increasing the Availability of Homes for Working Families”

•Generate capital to increase supply, reduce red tape, expand sites, preserve & recycle existing stock, develop local housing strategy

Eric Reisner “Johnson Controls & MetroMarkets Strategy”•Business as a catalyst to:

• Utilize all assets and markets• Connect disparate parts – community, education, business

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Organizing for RSD

David Adkisson “Going Regional”•4 models of chamber operations – big footprint, facilitator,

partnership, alliance

•If we “get it”, then we (chamber execs) need the skills & strategies to carry it out

Mick Fleming “Advancing Your Regional Agenda” •Moving the body politic – pre-election educ, powerful coalitions,

money well-applied, crisis creation

•Overcoming objections – celebrate small wins first, prop up anybody, undeniable research

•Making local govt. moot – shoot for long term goals rather than immediate “scary” issues

•Leading w/out authority – lead thru example (no turf wars), attraction style leadership (others will follow)

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Organizing for RSDJim Kollaer and Lee Clancy “Effective Government Relations”

•Leverage – seek partners (industry associations, state chambers, others, …) and find common ground

•In tough times sell ED, in good times sell Quality of Life…and create a PAC to lobby effectively (money, network, information)

•Clancy “business issue is community issue” v. Kollaer “Machievelli”

Susan Bales, “Framing for Public Policy”•Get through the swamp

•Prime with values and encourage big picture thinking

•Metaphors, simplify, social math, tone all matter

Regional Action Plans – Lessons Learned

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What is sustainable development?

The Brundtland Commission released “Our Common Future” in 1987

• Brought use of “sustainability” and “sustainable development” into much wider use

• Resulting Definition: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

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