My latest podcast features Tom Wright, president of the Regional Plan Association in New York. We talk about his very unique organization, the threat to the region posed by the Amtrak and commuter rail tunnels under the Hudson River, resolving the New York region's governance dysfunction, the highest priority infrastructure needs in the region, and a bit about megaregions. It was a great conversation. If the audio player doesn't display for you, click over to listen on … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2019
The Overlooked Opportunity in the High-Tech Industrial Economy
Long time commenter and guest post contributor Rod Stevens, a real estate and economic development consultant at Business Street, joins me for the inaugural podcast of 2019 to talk about the overlooked opportunities in high tech industrial economic development. People tend to think of high tech as software or biotech, but there's often an under-the-radar high tech economy already in place in the overlooked industrial businesses of many communities. We talk about what these businesses are, where they are located, what they need, and why … [Read more...]