EDP Elective: Neighborhood Development Strategies

This episode explores Neighborhood Development Strategies and the role neighborhoods play in economic vitality, small business growth, quality of life, investment, and community identity. It explains how economic developers assess neighborhood conditions, attract reinvestment, support commercial corridors, and build partnerships while remaining attentive to resident needs and displacement risk.Key study themes include revitalization, redevelopment, land use, zoning, infrastructure, housing, placemaking, commercial corridors, market studies, Main Street programs, Community Development Block Grants, Enterprise Zones, Empowerment Zones, brownfields, adaptive reuse, and public-private partnerships.This episode was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence using official IEDC study materials and publications as source material. It is intended for independent study only and is not endorsed, sponsored, reviewed, or approved by the International Economic Development Council.