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This site selection glossary
is published in the
SLA website of The Network. Expand
the glossary using the above directory link or CLICK
HERE for the website directory.
site:
... a place
of interest to a site
selector or a real
estate parcel; a location. Sites is
a location
data element, often a subcategory or sites
and buildings.
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definition of a site as a location / definition
of site as in real estate site / site selection site
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site acquisition:
... to take possession of real estate at a point in the site
selection process.
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definition of site acquisition
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site data:
... information about a location or
a specific real
estate parcel; depending upon
the context in which it is used site data may be referred to as location
data or economic
development data; informational input to a location
project that deals with a specific place or
real
estate site.
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definition of site data
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site location:
... a place or real
estate under
consideration or acquired; short for site location work
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definition of site location / what is the work of
searching for a location called
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site location assistance:
... help available or provided for a location search;
identity of one of three websites offering online site selection resources access
Site Location Assistance.com.
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definition of site location assistance
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site location consultant:
... an advisor on matters pertaining to the gathering
and analysis of information from location
data suppliers; a specialized
management
consultant; a site selection consultant; a professional
commercial or industrial real estate specialist who represents clients
searching
for locations as opposed to someone who is a broker or sales
agent.
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definition of industry site consultant / definition
of site location consultant
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site location project ... a site
selection project.
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definition of site location project / what is the
organized effort to find a location called
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site location work:
... the endeavors surrounding the search for a location;
what a site selector does.
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definition of site location work
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site search ... the work of looking
for a site.
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definition of site
search
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site seeker ... an somewhat obscure expression used to identify a site
selector.
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definition of site seeker
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site selection:
... a process of enterprise
development wherein
an individual or team goes into the field to find and/or evaluate places
of interest for an expansion, relocation or
new
venture startup; the work of a site
selector; a resource area in the Enterprise
and Economic Development Library.
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definition of site selection
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site selection assistance ... site
location assistance
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site selection criteria:
... a documentation or delineation of what
a site selector wants and needs to find in order to bring a project to
successful conclusion. The distribution of the set of criteria to location
data suppliers is an
important step in the course of a project. Cost-efficient site
selection moves to the comparative
analysis stage ASAPsee
Site
Selection in Five Steps. Experienced site selectors who work
efficiently organize within networks of resource
and service providers. It doesn't matter what the
stage of the project,
criteria must be provided to contacts along
with a profile that
motivates them to be responsive with information and proposals
that are reliable and useful. Typically, site selectors want location
packages that contain information about demographics (including
laborforce data),
real
estate, taxes
and incentives, and transportation and communications
infrastructure even if their projects are tentative. Enterprise
developers are likely to want complete community
profiles presenting facts about the area market and
all that the location has
to promote for enterprise
and economic development. Entrepreneurs and business
decision makers leading fast-growing
companies are likely to want information about financing included.
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definition of site selection criteria / 4 site selection
data standards you need to understand
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site selection information:
... site data; that
which provided by a location
data supplier about a place
of interest to an enterprise
developer or site
selector; information found under various categories of location
data (see page
2 of the series about site selection in the website you are now
using) in community
profiles or in location
packages; information supplied in response to selection
criteria used
for comparative
analysis. Visit the Location
Section of
Enterprise and
Economic Development Library for suggestions on
how to find site selection data.
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definition of site selection data / definition of
site selection information
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site selection information supplier:
... a location
data supplier. See the definition of site selection
data above and, if you want information about searching for
a supplier, the Location
Section of the .network library.
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definition of site selection data supplier / definition
of site selection data provider
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site selection directory ... a
tool for gathering
information about contacts and locations.
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definition of site selection directory
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site selection method:
... procedures and techniques characteristic of a site
selector's approach. Any method used to get the job done successfully
requires certain essentials, such as an organized plan that lays
out project
specifications; a best
practice approach to networking,
data gathering and analysis skills, respect for the need to protect
things confidential and
an ability to work discreetly as necessary, and knowing how to informally
assemble a team of trustworthy people
with experience in areas where help is needed. In the latter case,
savvy site selectors should want to be convinced rather than sold.
A method: 10
basic steps for site selection.
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definition of site selection method
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site selection network:
... a group with a interest in site selection and
actively engaged in exchanging information; a
business networking group
in a state of readiness for moving forward on opportunities.
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definition of site selection network
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site selection project:
... the undertaking of a site
selector. The
Network advocates the recognition of three
project stages in order to keep things simple at times when site
selectors reach out to location
data suppliers. It also offers the Site
Selection Directory, as
a cost-effective tool for gathering information while at the same
time protecting
things confidential.
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definition of site selection project
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site selection publications:
... niche magazines, for the most part, focused on industrial
and commercial real estate and enterprise and economic development.
Generally, they are directories of advertisers with
editorial content and are, therefore, useful resources for finding
contacts. The website you are now using maintains
a list of such publications brought to the
attention of The Network.
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definition of site selection publications
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site selection requirements ... specifications.
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definition of site selection requirements
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site selection resource:
... that which serves or supports the work of gathering
and analyzing information about potential locations for expansions,
relocations or new
venture startups. For example, the three
websites of The Network each offer an open
access site
selection resources that accommodate searching for specific places
of interest and their location
data suppliers. If you want to know more about using The Network
in this regard, go to Search
for a Location.
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definition of site selection resource
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site selection resource guide:
... a directory of resources and/or
contacts of interest to enterprise
developers.
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definition of site selection resource guide
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site selection standards:
... economic
development data or location
data categorized in a manner that adheres to guidelines
set forth as best or most
appropriate
for presenting information to enterprise
developers, especially
those acting
in the capacity of site selectors engaged in comparative
analysis; a data
set of approximately 1,200 informational elements in 25 spreadsheets
available for free download from www.iedconline.org/?p=Data_Standards.
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definition of site selection standards / definition
of site selection data standards
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site selection team:
... a group organized to select
a location; a
team of specialists organized
to
work through all or an assigned number of steps related to a site
selection project; a group
led by a site location consultant charged with responsibilities to
gather information from places
of interest.
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definition of site selection team
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site selection tools:
... resources put
to use by enterprise
developers and site
selectors. For example, the Site
Selection Directory which can be used for online distribution
of project
profiles and selection criteria. The Network is dedicated
to site selection as a process of enterprise
and economic development. To zero in on the site selection tools it offers, CLICK
HERE.
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site selector:
... a person who gathers location
data, evaluates it and chooses a location;
someone who does location
work. Compare the work
of an enterprise developer to that
of a site selector.
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what is a site selector
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site selector database:
... information about site selectors,
including their contact
data, organized for rapid records retrieval via computer
search. Area
and local development representatives maintain such
databases for marketing purposes. Information
may also be collected and maintained as a site consultant list or
database. We acknowledge input by Jack
Tomasik* of Apache Junction, AZ to this definition. The Global
Registry of Contacts is a database that contains names
and addresses for site consultants (AKA site location consultants)
but not other types of economic
development prospects or suspects.
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definition of site selector database / definition
of site consultant list
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site visit:
... onsite inspection during location
work. see fieldwork as one of the 10
steps for site selectors provided as a site selection tool in the Site
Selection Directory.
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