This framework and tool helps regional leaders prioritize public investments in economic development. For a region to prosper, a relatively small number of well-placed public investments can unlock the region’s strongest economic potential. They can open up and leverage new possibilities for private sector investment, the key driver of any region’s success. Leaders in successful regions think and act strategically, but they do not necessarily follow lockstep a traditional strategic planning process. Instead, they improvise within a clear strategic framework. They make complex decisions about investments by designing their own collaborative process. The Guidelines for Regional Investment Decisions are.
