FBWCA Memo Presentation

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Friends of The Boundary Waters Alyssa Erding Ethan Howard Jack McCarthy Sustainable Economic Development in the Iron Range

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Friends of The Boundary Waters

Alyssa ErdingEthan HowardJack McCarthy

Sustainable Economic Development in the

Iron Range

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Sustainability

● Economic: ○ Employment versus the environment

● Environmental: ○ Iron Range (BWCA bioregion)

● Equity: ○ Building resilient communities

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Summary of Project

● Researching case studies which help to:○ meet the citizen’s economic

needs○ Preserve and protect the

environment

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Stakeholders

● Citizens of the Iron Range○ Mining affiliates○ Tourism, education, business owners, etc

● Government officials ● Reporters● Friends of the Boundary Waters

staff and partners

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Research Methodology

In-Range

Out-Range

Quantitative

Qualitative

● Reports

● Studies

● White Papers

● Databases

● News articles

● Interviews

● Theory

● Policy

Mining Dependant

Deep Economy

Consumer Economy

Development Models

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Research Methodology: Example

In-Range Out-Range

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“Analyze existing gateway community resources and plan ways to set up cooperative work spaces in rural towns similar to some of the coop arrangements being done here in the metro” -Paul Danicic our Supervisor

1. Identify Development Model this fits into

2. Use Goal & Sustainability definitions to generate questions

3. Try to answer those questions using the methods rubric Planning documents

for Fiber-Optic cable.

MN Dept. Economic Development: Data Tools

NAOIP Whitepaper on Coworking Centers

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Preliminary Two Week Work Plan

● Background research of region and current economic system

● Identify several overarching Sustainable development models○ Begin populating these with case studies

● Visit the Iron Range

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Potential Challenges

● Assessing the viability of our findings

● Presenting ourselves in the “right” way

● No silver bullet solution

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Metrics

● Compiled models of sustainable development

● Executive summaries● Explaining why these alternatives

are:○ Sustainable○ Desirable (to all stakeholders)○ Viable○ Optimal

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Deliverables

● Final written report and summary○ Supplemented with:

■ Website and video■ Presentation■ Op-Ed■ Workshop/Focus group

● Accessible and Educational● Initiates further conversation

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Thank You!