Cluster Development Examples

Here are some resources you might consider as you plot a strategy for cluster development in your area. (Hopefully all the links work.)

-Central Massachusetts http://www.massmac.org/industry_clusters.htm
-Detroit, Michigan http://www.hud.gov/nmedetrt.cfm
-Humboldt County, Oregon http://www.northcoastprosperity.com/
-Jacksonville, Florida http://www.hud.gov/nmejacks.cfm
-New York, New York, The Sector Solution: Building a Broader Base for the New Economy (includes brief case studies of approaches by a few states) http://www.citylimits.org/cuf/econdev/sector2.htm
-Phoenix, Arizona,Cluster Analysis: A New Tool for Understanding the Role of the Inner City in a Regional Economy (Arizona State University, 1997) http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison/clusteranalysis.pdf
-San Diego, California http://www.sannet.gov/economic-development/business-assistance/expansion/clusters.shtml
-Tucson, Arizona http://www.enet-tucson.com/IndustryClusters/