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Community Preparedness for Site Development
William Grunkemeyer, Myra Moss and Jerold R. Thomas
Ohio State University Extension

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. What is a Site?
1.1 Requirements for a Prepared Site
2. Is Site Development an Appropriate Economic Development Strategy?
3. Trends Affecting Site Development
3.1 General Trends in the Economy
3.2 What a Business/Industry Seeks in a Site
What Motivates a Site-Seeking Employer: Reduction of Risks
4. Business/Industrial Parks and Sites
4.1 What are Industrial Parks and Sites?
4.2 Greenfield and Brownfield Sites
4.3 Types of Parks and Sites
Commercial Parks and Sites
Industrial Parks and Sites
5. Development of Goals for Parks/Sites
5.1 Developing a Site
5.2 Community Feasibility Assessment
5.3 Site Engineering Study
5.4 Marketing Approach
5.5 Financing the Site
Conclusion
Other Resources
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
References


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