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The Making of Successful Cities
It’s All About the Vision The very first step of any successful city transformation, no matter how small or large, is to create a clearly defined “Vision” of what the city wants to be known for. The end goal is…
RMA Celebrates Ten Years of Reinventing Cities and Over $1B Invested in Clients
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ — RMA (rma.us.com) has much to celebrate as the economic development firm marks its 10th anniversary in March 2019. Founded by Kim Briesemeister and Chris Brown in 2009, the partners set out to provide comprehensive…
The happy city experiment | TEDxVancouver
Charles Montgomery explores what happens when you take an abandon city space in NYC and populate it with urban social experiments. The outcomes are unexpected as city dwellers explore this public space, interact with each other, and change their attitudes…
Retail Therapy: Health Conscious Consumers Drive the Market
By Lynn Dehlinger, Sr. Economic Development Manager/Broker Associate/ICSC P3 Florida Chair, Private Sector (10/31/2018) As everyday consumers push the health-and-wellness movement from the earthy-crunchy margins to the mainstream, retailers are going beyond just selling Fitbit wellness trackers and organic, gluten-free…
Communities can prevent violence
By Larry Cohen via blog.oup.com Every day the news is flooded with stories of different types of violence. On what seems like a daily basis, we’re bombarded with relentless reports of violence in this country. Our register of national tragedies…
A Potential Solution To Crime And Poverty: Hiring More Criminals
by Aakash Kumar | Via Forbes.com The last section of this multi-part series covers the impact of a criminal record on nearly 65 million Americans’ ability to find work and how a prior background becomes a one-way ticket to poverty…
Can Craft Breweries Have a Positive Impact on Crime?
By Farrell Tiller, Economic Development Manager RMA has observed firsthand craft breweries facilitating economic development in client cities such as Oakland Park, Pompano Beach, Titusville and many others. It is no secret that breweries tend to have a positive impact…
Culture & The Arts: Arts Mean Business
by Jody Leshinsky, Cultural Executive Director (Historic Ali Cultural Center & Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach CRA) Broward County was one of 341 study regions that participated in a national research study on the economic impact of the arts and…
Latin America’s influence on South Florida’s Real Estate Market
By Jenae Valentine, MSRED, Economic Development Manager/Real Estate Associate With some Latin American economies showing signs of deterioration, foreign investors have paid attention to the resurgence of the real estate market in the United States. Those with the means to…