This map illustrates the number of Economic Gardening Projects throughout the United States. Economic Gardening embraces strategies to grow existing second-stage businesses. It is an innovative entrepreneur-centered economic growth strategy that offers balance to the traditional economic practice of business recruitment, often referred to as economic hunting.
The initiatives shown here were gathered from a number of sources and represent both state and regional level projects. Regional level projects focus on a city, county or regional area. They are classified with the following Certification Criteria:
Level 1 – High Fidelity – States and regions certified, currently enrolled in certification program with the National Center for Economic Gardening (NCEG) or contracting with NCEG for a pilot program.
Level 2 – High Potential – States and regions expressing an interest in EG and the option of conducting a pilot program after hosting a presentation or attending a training session on high fidelity programs from the NCEG.
Level 3 – Low Fidelity – Programs, organizations or regions adopting the big picture philosophy of EG, without differentiating services or following high fidelity standards or protocol.
About the Map: The map is built using the ESRI ArcGIS.com website, which allows anyone to create full-featured, interactive maps. For more information, feel free to contact Clay Smithers at clay.smithers@uprivergis.com or 904.657.0447.
