Contact a public economic development agency that operates within an urban area of your choice. This agency might be a department of the central city government, for example. What are the primary goals and strategies of this agency, as nearly as you can determine? Arethey smokestack chasers? Dothey concentrate onindustry retention? Do they have a more comprehensive economic development strategy?Was it difficult to find out about basic goals and strategies? What are the policies used to support that strategy?

Are policies being pursued that seem to be in pursuit of no coherent strategy?What goals would you pursue?