Two sites worth exploring further include 1.)the intersection of Caffin and N Galvez and, 2.)the southern end of Caffin as it meets the Mississippi River. One is the former site of the commercial hub for the neighborhood and the other is the site of former industry with prime port access.
The argument for industry located at the [...]
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location
Posted in LA 7005 on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
9th Ward To Host Economic Cluster
Posted in LA 7005 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can the 9th Ward support the Hurricane Protection Building Methods Industry? Click on the link and judge for yourself:
9th Ward to Host ‘Hurricane Cluster’
cluster synthesis
Posted in LA 7005 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two precedents out of thousands have been noted: Dalton, Ga and Grimsby, UK. Both have economic success and provide live-work communities, but they each have unique backgrounds.
Dalton became the ‘carpet capital’ organically. The current economic cluster form as it exists today began with an accretion of successful ventures that multiplied virtually exponentially. No doubt, infrastructure has grown [...]
precedent: Grimsby, UK
Posted in LA 7005 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The port of Grimsby is located on the north-east coast of Lincolnshire where the Humber Estuary meets the North Sea, approximately 161 miles north of London and 22 miles south-east of Hull. The town has a population of around 91,200 and is within North East Lincolnshire (comprising the former Great Grimsby Borough and Cleethorpes Borough) [...]
precedent: Dalton, GA
Posted in LA 7005 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
excerpts from Internet@Dalton:
Carpet manufacturing is big business in Whitfield County. The industry employs more than 30,000. Whitfield County is proud of the contribution the carpet industry has made to the community. However, carpet is not the only thriving business in Dalton. Plastics, chemicals, bakery products, denim jeans, and fiber products are also produced locally.
Real estate [...]
9th ward economic engine
Posted in LA 7005 on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Business cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field. They increase the productivity with which companies can compete. Michael Porter, author of The Competitive Advantage of Nations, states three ways in which clusters affect competition. One way is by increasing the productivity of the companies in [...]
