Northwest Ohio Economic Research Collaborative
The UT Urban Affairs Center has brought together researchers from The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University to identify the industry clusters that currently drive our regional economy and those emerging industry clusters that will play a role in our region's future economic health. The UAC is working with the Regional Growth Partnership, the Toledo Port Authority, the City of Toledo, Lucas County, The Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, and other regional economic development stakeholders to implement a cluster-based economic development strategy.
This is a unique project that will not end with research. The UAC has secured funding from the State of Ohio to take the results of the industry cluster analysis and develop and help implement an innovative cluster based economic development strategy for our regions. This strategy development and implementation work will be undertaken in partnership with the Regional Growth Partnership, the Toledo Port Authority, the City of Toledo, Lucas County, The Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, and other regional economic development stakeholders.
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NWOERC News & Events
(Additional coverage of the NWOERC can be found in the online UAC News.)
NWOERC Documents
To select a document, click on the document format (PDF, Word, HTML, Powerpoint) next to its title.
| Critical Steps in the Cluster Bulding Process, Reid, Carroll & Smith, The IEDC Economic Development Journal, Vol. 6, #4, Fall 2007. | [PDF] | ||
| "Dumb Farmers": The Case for Agricultural Entrepreneurs as Drivers of Economic Development in Northwest Ohio | [PDF] | ||
| The Impact of Canadian Floriculture Imports on the U.S. Floriculture Industry | [PDF] | [PowerPoint] | |
| Potential Cluster Regions: The Case of the Floriculture Industry | [PDF] | ||
| Industrial and Technology Clusters: An Everday Topic of Popular Conversation | [PDF] | ||
| The Role of an Antecedent Cluster, Academic R&D and Entrepreneurship in the Development of Toledo's Solar Energy Cluster | [PDF] | ||
| Industry Cluster Strategy Update | [PDF] | [Word] | |
| Cluster Project Overview | [PDF] | [Word] | |
| Wind Energy Electrical Power: A Roadmap For Accelerated Innovation | [PDF] | ||
| Using Cluster-Based Economic Development to Enhance the Economic Competitiveness of Northwest Ohio's Greenhouse Nursery Industry | [PDF] | [Word] | |
| Northwest Ohio's Greenhouse Cluster: From Concept to Implementation | [PDF] | [PowerPoint] | |
| Background information: | |||
| A presentation outlining the basics of clusters and how they apply to our region | [HTML] | [PowerPoint] | [PDF] |
| Recommendations from the project stakeholders (March 25, 2004) | [HTML] | [PowerPoint] | [PDF] |
Documents in PDF form require a reader program, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or Ghostview. Notes for viewing web-based online PowerPoint presentations can be reviewed here.
