Implementing Development and Manpower Strategies in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia

摘要

The study examines the success three cities have had in devising and implementing strategies to facilitate new private investment and job creation in target areas and provide access to new jobs for low income and unemployed groups. The development strategies analyzed used a variety of financial and nonfinancial incentives to get firms to relocate to or expand in neighborhoods with high rates of unemployment. The manpower linkage programs connected to these strategies included skill training, on-the-job training, coordinated job development by community groups and a policy instituting resident hiring requirements and goals. The study includes a review of the relevant literature on business location decisions, implementation and policies and programs to link manpower objectives with economic development strategies.