New Approach to BR&E
        Regional Planning Approach
         Working Team
        •   Purdue U – Scott Hutchinson
        •    Iowa State U – Nora Ladjahasen
        •   Ohio State U – Nancy Bowen and David Civittolo
        Advisors
        •   North Dakota State U – Kathleen Tweeten
        •   U of Minnesota – Michael Darger
      Building on the Traditional BR&E Program 
      •   Traditional BR&E is the broad framework
      •   Targeted BR&E is focused 
      •   Combined, the programs provide maximum benefits
    Benefits of an Established BR&E program
    •    Establish an integrated approach to economic development
    •    Develop community economic decision-making capacity
    •    Improve quality of life
    •    Develop a pro-business orientation
    •    Improve community leaders’ response to residents’ concerns
    •    Create a factual basis for attraction and community marketing
    •    Engage community residents in a discussion of local economy
  How the OSU BR&E Program Works
  • Make community contact
  • Determine scope of project 
  • OSUE conducts BR&E training workshops Module 2,3,4
  • Data entry & analysis software (surveygold.com)
  • Pre-tested questions for multiple economic sectors
  • “Build-your-own” Question Bank.