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Economic Development & Strategic Growth
The focus of those who work on behalf of local communities
and regional economies can be found at the intersection of economic development,
workforce development, education, technology, and private entrepreneurship. J Street’s partners have done extensive work at
this crossroads, and we offer years of accumulated knowledge to our clients in
economic development. Our consultants have:
- Worked with
entrepreneurs around the world, and in some of the most challenging economic
and political environments. We have restructured companies in the former Soviet
Union, audited firms in Africa, and negotiated with investors across Central
and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and East Asia.
- Advised Fortune
500 companies on site location projects, and advised government and
not-for-profit agencies across the US on economic development projects ranging
from BRAC reuse to regional planning.
- Helped in
developing American innovation, workforce development, and education systems
through significant partnerships with universities, community colleges, and
leading institutions such as the Council on Competitiveness and the Learning
Resource Network.
- Worked to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
& Math) programs that support both the K-16 educational system and the adult
workforce.
The benefits of working with J Street Consulting include:
We understand it's a new - and flat - world
And we understand the sophisticated global inter-relationships needed to create regional innovation and economic prosperity.
We are comfortable with the complexities
And we understand the everyday reality of professionals seeking to
grow economies and build supporting institutions. We help our
clients develop strategies and implementation plans (and, when needed,
execute on those plans).
We balance the private and public sectors
We are equally adept at starting new companies, helping convert
existing IP into commercial products, and financing innovation.
We also support public sector, quasi-public and not-for-profit
institutions in their work with the private sector to promote this economic
growth. Too often, advisors to economic development
and workforce development professionals bring only one narrow viewpoint to
their work with these diverse stakeholders.
We believe that our broader perspective, gained from years of working both
sides of the aisle — public and private — helps us to deliver the right
message to each audience. J Street's work is not just about marketing
or PR. Rather, success requires a blend
of substantive knowledge of the issues in economic development, combined with our expertise in strategic
branding, positioning, and marketing.
At J Street, we advise and strategize…and do. We are not
averse to rolling up our sleeves and helping to implement the our clients' strategies for growth. We prefer assignments where
we stay engaged in client initiatives after plans have been laid in place. In our
view, the client partnership doesn’t end until we have done all that we can to bring economic plans into reality.
Our efforts in this area are led by Partners Bruce
Levine and Jim Wolfe. We
also utilize specialists in economics, entrepreneurial development,
regional growth, urban planning, and rural development, as our clients
require.
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