Center For Economic Development
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Projects

 

  The Center in partnership with the Community Development and   Design Forum (Forum), regularly undertakes a variety of technical assistance and applied research projects. Together the Center and Forum provide professional consultation, research, analysis, planning, development and design services on a contractual basis. Projects are undertaken with the goal of assisting in the process of improving and developing local communities, economies, and built environments.   The Center and Forum strive to leverage the professional pedagogy, cutting-edge techniques, and state of the art resources at USC with a cadre of accomplished individuals Student Associates demonstrating their professional skills. This allows local agencies, groups, and firms to accomplish the additional professional work that it takes to be effective in today's world even under constrained budgets.  Students are supervised by faculty and staff who are among the most experienced in the world. 

 

 
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2006

Project Info: National Center for Eco-industrial Development (NCEID): Feasibility Analysis of a Rural Eco-Industrial Park in Perry County
Agency / Organization: Economic Development Department of Perry County, Illinois
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 462 KB (68 pages)

Project Info: The Rosecrans Corridor: Reclaiming It for Gardena, A Framework for Business and Job Creation for the Eastern Sector of the Rosecrans Corridor
Agency / Organization: City of Gardena
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 972 KB (24 pages)

2005

Project Info: Increasing Bus Transit Ridership: Dynamics of Density, Land Use, and Population Growth
Agency / Organization: METRANS (National Center for Metropolitan Research)
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 10 MB (115 pages)

Project Info: Feasibility Study to Enhance Bus Transit Center Development, Downtown Inglewood
Agency / Organization: City of Inglewood
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 8.9 MB (102 pages)

Project Info: Pomona Area Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Agency / Organization: Pomona Area CEDS Committee
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 733 KB (78 pages)

Project Info: Citywide Economic Development Strategic Plan
Agency / Organization: City of Inglewood
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 21.7 MB (179 pages)

Files Suitable for Printing - Due to the large size of the file this document has been divided into parts
Cover Page-- Cover - 260 KB
Table of Contents -- Table of Contents - 35 KB
Chapter 1 -- Chapter 1 - 209 KB
Chapter 2 -- Chapter 2 - 950 KB
Chapter 3 -- Chapter 3 - 408 KB
Chapter 4 -- Chapter 4 - 124 KB

Appendix 1 -- Appendix 1 - 10.3 MB
Appendix 2 -- Appendix 2 - 2.7 MB
Appendix 3 -- Appendix 3 - 2.5 MB

Appendix 4 -- Appendix 4 - 199 KB
Appendix 5 -- Appendix 5 - 57 KB
Back Cover -- Back Cover - 54 KB

You may also wish to view this site: http://ced.usc.edu/Inglewood/

2004

Project Info: Report on Focus Group Facilitation for Development of iLEAD "Economic Development Strategies Report"
Agency / Organization: Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 1 MB (64 pages)

Project Info: Rosecran East Corridor Workforce Study
Agency / Organization: South Bay Economic Development Partnership
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 1.33 MB (147 pages)

Project Info: A Brownfields-based Solution for Los Angeles County's Housing Crisis
Agency / Organization: Greenlining Institute
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 1.44 MB (75 pages)

Project Info: Community Consensus Building on the Former "Heart of the City"
Agency / Organization: City of Redondo Beach
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 6.83 MB (245 pages)

2003

Project Info: Eco-Park Feasibility Study

Project Info: Leveraging Private Investment Capital for Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment (March 2003)
Agency / Organization: No agency given.
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 117 KB (5 pages)

Project Info: Community Networks: Uses, Benefits, Set-Up, and Design (April 2003)
Agency / Organization: South Los Angeles Economic Alliance and Community
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 219 KB (11 pages)

Project Info: Immigration and the Gateway Cities Region: An Analysis (2003)
Agency / Organization: Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc.
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 846 KB (50 pages)

Project Info: Gang Resistance is Paramount (GRIP), Program Evaluation: Final Report (Oct 1, 2003)
Agency / Organization: The City of Paramount
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 754 KB (89 pages)

2002

Project Info: Morningside Park Economic Development Strategy: Part I & II (Spring, 2002)
Agency / Organization:
City of Inglewood. A report prepared for the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Economic Development.
Full Document - 2.9 MB pdf file (168 pages)

Files Suitable for Printing - Due to the large size of the file this document has been divided into parts
Introduction -- Chapter 1 - 395 KB (title page-page 5)
Analysis of the Area and Business Development -- Chapter 2 & 3 - 695 KB (pages 6-70)
Visitor and Retail Development - Part I & II -- Chapter 4 - Part I & II - 679 KB (pages 71-89)
Visitor and Retail Development - Part III -- Chapter 4 - Part III - 950 KB (pages 90-113)
Infrastructure Development and Conclusion -- Chapter 5 & 6 - 425 KB (pages 114-160)
References and Appendices A,B,C -- References and Appendices A,B,C - 223 KB (22 pages)

Project Info: The Education Gap in the Gateway Cities Region (2002)
Agency / Organization: Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc.
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 610 KB (52 pages)

Project Info: Gateway Cities Council of Governments Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 2002 - 2007 (2002)
Agency / Organization: Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc.
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 1.5 MB (82 pages)

2003 Project Addendum: (PDF Document) - 352 KB (53 pages)

Project Info: City of Gardena General Plan 2020 Draft Technical Background Report (2002)
Agency / Organization: City of Gardena
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 3.4 MB (92 pages)

Project Info: Feasibility Study of an Eco-Industrial Park Demonstration Project CD-ROM (May 2002)
Agency / Organization: Economic Development Administration
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 753 KB (89 pages)

2001

Project Info: Gateway Cities: A Profile at the Start of the 21st Century (2001)
Agency / Organization: Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc.
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 851 KB (57 pages)

Project Info: Survey of Manufacturing Businesses - City of Gardena (Nov 2001)
Agency / Organization: City of Gardena
Project Report: (PDF Document) - 78 KB (27 pages)

Project Info: Alameda Corridor: A Profile at the Start of the 21st Century (2001)
Agency / Organization: Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
Project Report: File currently unavailable, but is being processed. Please call in to request a hard copy.

2000

Project Info: Survey of Top Revenue-Generating Businesses, City of Gardena.
Sponsor: Center for Economic Development
Project Report (PDF Document)

Project Info: South Los Angeles Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
A report prepared for the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Economic Development.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Graduate Planning Laboratory: South Los Angeles Preliminary Analysis for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (Slideshow Presentation)

 

1999

Project Info: Graduate Planning Laboratory: Neo-Industrialization; A Vision for the Alameda Corridor Plan Area and Goodyear Industrial Tract Site.
Supervised Student Work
Sponsor: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Graduate Planning Laboratory: Alameda Corridor Industrial Area Revitalization Strategy.
Supervised Student Work
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Sam-Ty Timeshare Hotel.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Loss of Community in the Desert Water Pumping Plants
A report prepared for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).
Sponsor
: Community Development & Design Forum (CDDF)
Project Report #1: (PDF Document)
Project Report #2: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Los Angeles Basin Economic Development Initiative, Second Stage Paper: A Background Report
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: The Welfare to Work and Working Poor Populations in the Five-County Los Angeles Basin.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: (PDF Document)

 

1998

Project Info: City of West Hollywood Housing Study.
Sponsor
: Community Development & Design Forum (CDDF)
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Vermont Corridor: Design and Development.
Sponsor
: Community Development & Design Forum (CDDF)
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: Century Corridor: Gateway to LA, Economic Revitalization and Design Improvement.
Sponsor
: Community Development & Design Forum (CDDF)
Project Report: (PDF Document)

Project Info: City of Glendale Adams Square Improvement Study.
Sponsor
: Community Development & Design Form (CDDF)
Project Report: File currently unavailable, but is being processed. Please call in to request a hard copy.

 

1997

Project Info: Los Angeles Neighborhood Improvement (LANI) Demonstration Project: Consensus Building.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development; Community Development & Design Forum (CDDF)
Project Report: File currently unavailable, but is being processed. Please call in to request a hard copy.

 

1996

Project Info: City of Los Angeles Capacity Building Program.
Sponsor
: Center for Economic Development
Project Report: File currently unavailable, but is being processed. Please call in to request a hard copy.

 

 

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