Economic Development

Today’s world is in a state of rapid change. Regions in the U.S. and around the world are using global platforms—like the Internet—to transcend their local markets and to become global centers of commerce, learning, and creativity. From a global perspective, the United States is made up of “citistates” or “megacommunities” that represent globally significant clusters of high value products, services, design, knowledge, infrastructure, innovative capacity, cooperative governance, and efficient policies.

The impact of global competition on communities in Indiana and elsewhere makes traditional corporate, government, and local community responses ineffective. Single communities are too small to compete globally, and states are too large. Regions are the right size to assemble a critical mass of assets and rapid response to succeed. Through the projects listed below, Sagamore Institute is helping regions around Indiana develop strategies set to global standards to assure the future prosperity and vitality of Indiana communities.