Incorporating Academic into Real World Problems

So I'm taking Urban Economic Development at school and I'm going over exactly the kind of patterns that I want to use in my development model for research. It's exciting shit.

Agglomeration. Localization. Backward and forward linkages. Low order and high order services/goods. Central place theory. Broad strokes that I can get MUCH more specific with by using my 24 necessities as examples. That's alot of research, by the way. But I'm willing to do it to get some good models to build businesses and economies from.

I need to plug these keywords into the college library databases and come up with some precedent. Like Velma Kelly, I just can't do it alone.

The Twenty-Four Necessities

I'm compiling a list of twelve businesses and twelve non-profits every neighborhood needs to have a high quality of life, strong sense of community and accountability and control. I'll use it to create an economic development model focuses on the needs of households.

Business Suggestions

1. grocery store
2. bank/credit union
3. minutemen temp agency
4. day care
5. hospital
6. laundry mat
7. hardware store
8. office space
9. furniture store
10. diner
11. barbershop
12. book store
13. theater
14. coffee shop
15. clothing store
16. spa/bath house
17. office supply store
18. dentist
19. gym
20. hotel

Non-Profit Suggestions

1. library
2. elementary school
3. middle school
4. high school
5. community center
6. temple
7. gallery
8. park
9. post office
10. fire station
11. police station
12. head-start
13. museum/historical society
14. political party headquarters
15. government representatives offices
16. free clinic
17. settlement house

need more! How are all these different from each other? How do they connect?
What industries surround them? How can we use them to agglomerate more business and industry?