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What are categories of location data?

Information about locations of interest to site selectors.

Location information: (location data) (location data element)

A .network collection of various location data categories:

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area economy	area attractions
area development	area information / maps
available buildings	available buildings and sites
banking services / business financing	brownfield redevelopment
business directory	business incubation
business services	colleges and universities
chamber of commerce	commercial properties available
commercial real estate	communications infrastructure
community	community data
community development	community and business outreach services
community profile	comparison data (... other location)
contact / contact us	current development projects
demographics	demographics / labor availability information
development partners	economic development announcements
economic development financing	economic development incentives
economic development partnership	economic development services
education and training	employee training
energy	enterprise incubation
enterprise zones	employers
entrepreneurial development services	entrepreneurial and small business services
environmental	existing industry
export development services	forms and questionnaires
general information	government
government contacts: regulations and permits	healthcare
higher education	hospitals
incentives	industrial development
industrial directory	industrial parks
industrial properties	industrial real estate
industrial sites	international trade and development services
innovation centers	job training local government
laborforce (labor force data)	labor shed / regional commuting patterns
labor quality, skills, productivity	labor unions / trade unions
leading local employers	links (development allies and contacts)
local economy	location
location profile	major employers
maps	map room
market	media
medical facilities / services	office parks / properties
parks	permits and regulations (local contacts)



	taxes, tax incentives and regulations

permits and regulations	plant sites and parks
pre-employment training	private schools
public education / public schools	redevelopment region
region	regional economy
regional information	regional profile
real estate sites	regulations and permits
~relocation services	rural development
sites	sites and buildings
sites available	skills base
small business development	small business services
staff	surplus properties
taxes and incentives	x~technical training
top-level area employers	trade schools
training and employment	training programs
tourism	tourist information
transportation	transportation infrastructure / services
transportation maps / area transportation map	utilities venture capital connections
vocational schools	vocational training
workforce	workforce development
workforce OJT / On-The-Job training resources	workforce recruiting service
workforce skills	workforce training

Site Selection (5-steps):

(1) Plan and start with selection criteria for the project status and a profile to distribute

(2) Define target site selection area as a location and organize a network of contacts

(3) Gather information (location data as well as resource and service provider proposals)

(4) fieldwork ... negotiate and shortlist ... question project feasibility at every stop

(5) confirm proposals, promises and incentive offers to the point of final decision

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Site Selection (10-steps):

(1) Make a plan ... develop a set of selection criteria and project profile

(2) Develop a strategy for protecting things confidential

(3) Organize requests for wants and needs within the context of project status

(4) Target a site search area ... build a network of contacts in and around it

(5) Gather location data and proposals from contacts within the network

(6) Arrange information from location packages for comparative analysis

(7) Factor in incentive offers from locations and responsiveness of network contacts

(8) shortlist location choices and reduce the number of contacts to begin fieldwork

(9) negotiate incentives and proposals ... test to see where things get done

(10) feasibility analysis is carried on throughout ...helps determine when the project ends

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The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary

a resource of the .network library

location data element:

... AKA site selection data element — a data item as a location data category; one of the more than 1,200 site selection data standards as location information elements organized and available for free download from the website of the International Economic Development Council. Location data elements differ from the IEDC standards in that they are collected by reviewing the websites of places seeking economic development and publications such as community and regional profiles (see the definition of location profile). The IEDC resource is a product of a development alliance formed from a task force made up primarily of site selection consultants and economic development interests.

related: data category; Search for a Location; enterprise and economic development

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