PlanningEconomic Development
COG provides economic development planning and consulting services to cities and towns. Our projects have ranged from community-wide economic development plans to area plans and site-specific studies and include:
- downtown planning and redevelopment strategies
- employment base analysis
- business inventories and surveys
- business recruitment and retention strategies
- identification of growth opportunities
- market studies
- demographic and lifestyles research
- trade area analysis
- zoning
- program evaluation
- organizational development for public and non-profit economic development groups
- financial incentives for economic development
These services relate closely to our Community Development Planning practice.