Subject(s): Industrial promotion in United States. . -- Community development in United States. -- Economic development. -- Argument for taking local economic development initiatives : Employment options, rural/small town dimension, firm migration and reorganization -- National policy options and local economic development- imperfect solutions to local problems : National industrual policy debate, monetary and tax policy, welfare and social policy, employment and training policy, trade policy, regional/local development policy, national economic development policy, community types and opportunities -- Meaning of local economic development : Theories of growth and development, synthetic theory of local economic development -- Local economic development planning process : Typology of planning approaches -- Analytical techniques for local economic development : Data collection and analysis -- Selecting a local economic development strategy -- Locality development : Land banking and community land trusts, physical infrastructure development on industrial and commercial land, speculative building, zoning regulations, tourism planning, townscaping, shopsteading, housing and neighbourhood improvement, community service -- Business development : Good business climate, one step centre, start-up and venture financing companies and development banks, small business development centres, group marketing systems, women's enterprises, promotion and tourism programs, micro enterprises, enterprise zones, entrepreneur development activities -- Human resource development : Customized training, first source agreement, employment maintenance, skill banks, training programs, self employment initiatives, disabled skills development -- Community- based economic and employment development : Community development corporations, community cooperatives, local enterprise agencies, employee/workers ownership, targeting and marketing neighbourhood/ community assets -- Preparing a detailed project plan : Detailed feasibility studies, organizational design, developing monitoring and evaluation programs -- Institutional approaches for local economic development : Organizational requirements for local development, public-private partnership -- High-technology economic development strategy : Soft infrastructure -- Local economic development profession and professionals