Recommendations for Economic Development in Guadalupe, CA

<p>It is recommended that the City of Guadalupe prepare and implement a small-scale business expansion and retention program using existing service providers in the area. This type of program model seems to hold the most potential for Guadalupe. A mixed-methods approach including in-depth cases studies of existing economic development programs and an analysis of opportunities and constraints in Guadalupe informs a set recommendations for future economic development in the City. Data was collected in three phases: short interviews with a variety of economic development program staff, short interviews with Guadalupe business owners and City officials and in-depth interviews with staff from five selected case-study programs.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of City and Regional Planning

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

City and Regional Planning

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Heeren, Larissa Requa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kelly Main

• Economic Development
• Rural Development
• Community Development
• Santa Barbara County
• Industry Clusters
• Small Business Development
• Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Economic Policy
• Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Urban Studies and Planning

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2011.128

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1607