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- Contributing author for the Greater Washington Initiative publication, “Greater Washington: International Commerce and Culture.” (2006)
- Contributing
author for the National Governors
Association publication, "A
Governor's Guide to Strengthening
State Entrepreneurship Policy." (2004)
- Completed a
Transportation Benchmarking
Study with an urban county
to assess
how to structure internal
county planning to promote
better pedestrian movement
in the context of overall
transportation and land use
services. Documented and evaluated
transportation plans, standards,
functions and processes within
the Transportation Department.
Compared policy and practice
against best practice pedestrian
efforts across the country.
(With George Mason University)
- Proposed a plan
for measuring and monitoring
wages paid by businesses at
industrial and business parks
in which a local government
provided incentives. Researched
use of employment standards
related to incentives in other
jurisdictions across the country
and provided recommendations
on implementation specific
to the client's situation.
- Completed a
comparative analysis of services
offered by a state economic
development agency to best
practices in other state and
local economic development
organizations. Identified
performance gaps between existing
programs and best practices
and provided recommendations
for improving services and
performance.
- Evaluated economic
development financing options
for a community in Texas,
including an assessment of
the pros and cons of the two
local economic development
sales tax options that are
available in the state of
Texas. Interviewed several
Texas communities to understand
their experiences using the
local sales tax to achieve
their economic development
goals. Compared financing
mechanisms used for economic
development and incentive
programs in Texas to those
in competitor states.
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