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Join us at the 2005 annual convening to exchange knowledge on sustainable growth, support industry clusters, and foster innovation in metropolitan areas. Explore how business leadership can drive systemic change and enhance regional development.
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2005 Annual Convening Strong Regions Smart Business Vital Communities February 17-18 Miami, Florida
MetroBusinessNet • Action learning network of business-led civic organizations formed in 2001 • Forum for exchanging information and learning from expert practitioners • Develop and implement public policies and business practices that support sustainable growth and development at a metropolitan scale • Document lessons and promising practices
Seeking sustainable development Organizing Business Leadership Promoting Competitive Regions MetroBusinessNet
Promoting Competitive Regions • Focus on traded sector, knowledge intensive industries • Nurture and support emerging and established industry clusters • Offer rich network of qualified suppliers • Foster innovation and accelerate diffusion through university-industry partnerships • Produce, attract and retain highly skilled, creative people • Offer high quality of life for residents
Organizing Business Leadership • Business draws on regional resources that cross municipal boundaries • Labor market, housing market, land use and transportation policies directly impact business performance • No single business can drive system change • Collective action required at regional level • Business-led civic organizations galvanize business leadership on critical regional issues
Seeking Sustainable Development • Concentrate development • Coordinate development with transportation and housing • Promote municipal cooperation and coordination • Better connect city and suburbs • Invest in urban core
Convening Outcomes • Deeper understanding of issues • Innovative ideas and approaches • Prioritize strategies/agenda setting • Contacts with leaders in other regions • Renewed commitment
Convening Outcomes • What do business-led civic organizations need to advance their work in these areas? • Is there demand for a national peer learning network?