Site selection is a process of enterprise
development.
A world of resource
and service providers, including area
and local development representatives, are organized
to jump into the process whenever there is opportunity.
Aggressively seeking opportunities through networking and
other business
development efforts is all a part
of the game.
You have three choices for proceeding to learn more
about site selection: (1) Move on down this page, (2) choose
the glossary link above, and (3) to access the next page
in series.

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site selection resources:

 location,
location, location:

  definition
of location

  Search
for a Location

  locations
section of the Enterprise and Economic Development Network Library

  Site
Selection in the
Enterprise and Economic Development Network Library

 checklists,
guides, interviews and articles written by site selection consultants

 search
for site selection resources in publications dedicated to the process

 resources
available inside The Network

  5
recommendations for working a project to find a location

  10-step
guide to site selection

  site
selection in 12 steps

  location
data suppliers

  categories
of location data typically of interest to site selectors
 site
selection search tools

  search
for regions as locations in Site Location Assistance.com

  search
the Global Registry of Contacts in Find Me Here.com for a location

  look
through Economic Development.net for locations and their data suppliers

  send
an email to request a location listing if you do not find what you want

  a
library guide to various keyword combination suggestions / demonstrations

  6-page
search guide in the introduction to The Network

 Site
Selection Directory

  publish
project announcement (requests for location packages) online for
free.

  services
available for those who do not want to announce online.

  how
to protect confidential plans and activities ... not even divulge your
identity.

  who
you can call on to deliver location packages and assist with site selection
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A 10-step guide for site selection:

(1) Make a plan and
initiate it with a project
profile and set of selection criteria in hand.

(2) Determine what
part of the plan and what activities and information remain
confidential.

(3) Be
ready to explain the status of the project to resource
and service
providers.

(4) Identify
the target area as a location

(5) Identify the resource
and service providers to contact. Build
a
network.

(6) Identify contacts to
assist as location
data suppliers. Make your
information requests.

(7) Conduct a comparative
analysis for each place
of interest.

(8) Continuously shortlist
until its practical to begin fieldwork. Visit
final choice locations.

(9) negotiate incentives and
proposals from resource and service providers.

Continuously conduct project feasibility analysis throughout.

(10) CLICK
HERE for comments about when a project ends.
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Site Selection (5 steps)

(1) Start with a plan. Determine
the stage at which you plan to begin the process (3
stages)

(2) Put together a project
profile and selection criteria.

(3) Organize a network. Gather
and analyze location
data (comparative analysis).

(4) Continuously shortlist as
you negotiate but
drop the unworkable sites
ASAP.

(5) Don't linger when negotiating confirm
promises and incentive offers.

CLICK
HERE for comments about when a project should wrap up.
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available sites:
... a category of location
data. Typically descriptions of available real
estate sites or properties published
in a community
profile or included in a location
package. You are reading this definition on the first
page in a series about site selection in the website: Site
Location Assistance.com. There are links to site
selection resources above.
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how to:
search for real estate sites / how to: site selection
search for a property
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site selection consultant ... a site
location consultant as a specialize business
advisor.
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definition of
site selection consultant / definition of business site selection
consultant
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site selection search resource:
... a search
tool with access to information about
resources and links useful to members of
the target
audience of The
Network; a search
tool that can query contact
directories listing
resource
suppliers engaged in the enterprise
and economic development process. The Network offers a
version of the Google Search Engine that allows its users to choose
to query its three websites or the Web for
site
selection resources. In addition, it offers a
search tool for
looking in Find Me Here.com for information
published online from the
Global
Registry of Contacts and for looking
in Site Location Assistance.com for regions as
locations of interest to enterprise
developers and site
selectors. The Enterprise and Economic Development Library
is a site selection resource. It has a section where one can access
the most-used search engines. All of the site selection search
resources of The Network are covered by a
unique promise of available assistance that's free and gives personal
attention to requests when
users run into dead ends or other problems.

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definition of
regional economy / what is a regional economy / definition
of economic region
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