University-Community Partnerships toUniversity Community Partnerships to Promote Systems Change: Regional Economic and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentEconomic and Entrepreneurial Development

Hiram E Fitzgerald Ph DHiram E. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.Associate Provost, University Outreach and EngagementUniversity Distinguished Professor, Department of PsychologyMichigan State Universityf @fitzger9@msu.edu

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A E d U i itAn Engaged University…

C C ti C ll b ti P tCo-Creating Collaborative Partners

The Prima Civitas Foundation (PCF): A non-profit foundation created in 2006

• Partnering with four year universities, community colleges, intermediate school districts, local economic development groups workforce development agencies and other local andgroups, workforce development agencies, and other local and regional partners, PCF seeks to bring about foundational change to the culture of Michigan’s economy, while at the same time stimulate activity for job creation and retention.

• Using its vast network at the local level, PCF leverages significant opportunities through relationships with state and national leaders to bring new and innovative approaches to Michigan’s economic revitalization

Lansing Area Economic Partnerships (LEAP)Lansing Area Economic Partnerships (LEAP)

MSU-LEAP Community BuildersMSU LEAP Community BuildersInitiated by Leap, Inc. and the Prima Civitas Foundation, the MSU Community Builders program recognizes businesses and organizations that are working with MichiganSix Initiatives

1. Leadership2. Value-added enterprise 3. New enterprise

organizations that are working with Michigan State University to advance economic development and quality of life in the Mid-Michigan region.

Since the launch of the program in September4. MSU integration 5. Global community 6. Emerging talent

Since the launch of the program in September 2008, 74 companies, agencies, and organizations have been recognized as MSU Community Builders. These organizations were selected in recognition of their sustained gand active engagement with MSU. These engagements have resulted in broad and enduring positive community impacts.

Lansing Area Economic Partnership. (2009, November). Greater Lansing Next: A plan for regional prosperity (p. 9). East Lansing: Michigan State University, Land Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://greaterlansingnext.com/pdf/09-LEAP_Brochure_web.pdf.

LEAP:Action Strategies for Greater Lansing NEXTLEAP:Action Strategies for Greater Lansing NEXT

• Expand business assistance, acceleration, andExpand business assistance, acceleration, and attraction efforts

• Expand talent attraction and retention efforts• Support placemaking improvements• Enhance cultural and creative assets

I fi t i i• Improve first impressions• Expand entrepreneurship and innovation

servicesservices• Strengthen and expand our regional mission

Lansing Area Economic Partnership. (2009, November). Greater Lansing Next: A plan for regional prosperity (p. 9). East Lansing: Michigan State University, Land Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://greaterlansingnext.com/pdf/09-LEAP_Brochure_web.pdf.

G t L i N t PlGreater Lansing Next Plan

• Greater Lansing Next Plan is an example of a Regional Strategic Growth Plan (2009)Regional Strategic Growth Plan (2009).

• MSU Land Policy Institute helped prepare this plan.• There are less than ten strategies that are the focus of

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• Future investments should be concentrated on those strategies.

• Key is for the local governments, business and non-profit organization stakeholders to commit to puttingthe economic interests of the region first, and then to work collaboratively and cooperatively to plan and then implement the Plan.

• A copy of the Leap Plan can be downloaded from ywww.greaterlansingnext.com.

NEXT and the Michigan Prosperity Initiative

• Purpose: Prepare Michigan to better compete in the global New Economy. Initiated by MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.

• Three Phases:1. New Economy Training Programs (101, 201 and 301):

– 99 training programs across Michigan in 63 days (LPI & Extension)

2. Assist State Planning & Development Regions prepare Strategic Growth Plans– Work with 14 regions to draft regional economic strategies over summer

3. Assist State of Michigan prepare State Strategies for Economic Growth– Work with two state agencies to prepare draft state strategies informed by

regional strategies (and other sources) and expose to review and comment by 400 representatives of statewide organizations at Oct 7thcomment by 400 representatives of statewide organizations at Oct. 7Summit. Will refine strategies over the next month and encourage stakeholders to use to help get Michigan back on the path to prosperity.

East Lansing: Michigan State University, Land Policy Institute.

Michigan Prosperity InitiativeMichigan Prosperity InitiativeMICHIGAN PROSPERITY INITIATIVE (Feb. – Nov. 2010)• Purpose: Prepare Michigan to better compete in the global New Economy.

Initiated by MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.

• Three Phases:1. New Economy Training Programs (101, 201 and 301):

– 99 training programs across Michigan in 63 days (LPI & Extension)2. Assist State Planning & Development Regions prepare Strategic

Growth Plans– Work with 14 regions to draft regional economic strategies over g g g

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Assist State of Michigan prepare State Strategies for Economic GrowthEconomic Growth

Work with two state agencies to prepare draft state strategies informed by regional strategies (and other sources) and expose to review and comment by 400 representatives of statewideto review and comment by 400 representatives of statewide organizations at Oct. 7th Summit.

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• Regions are the fundamental ggeography for economic development in the global New Economy.E i d l t l i t• Economic development planning at the regional level in Michigan is done through the 14 State Planning & Development Regions, that also p g ,do transportation and other regional planning. www.miregions.org

• These are the political regions i d b th t t d f d lrecognized by the state and federal

government and are created locally.

Graphic inspired and derived from the original SEMCOG graphic in 2010 CEDS Plan entitled: Increasing Prosperity in Southeast Michigan. Adapted with permission of SEMCOGpermission of SEMCOG.

Campus-Community partnerships: Innovation, Incubation, and Economic Development

East Lansing Smart Zone

East Lansing Technology Innovation Center

MSU B i C tMSU Business Connect: helping private sector business to connect with MSU

MSU Technologies: marketing inventions to private sector

Private Sector Business

msuENet: Entrepreneurial NetworkMSU Hatch: innovation center for college students

MSU Business-ConnectMSU Business-Connect

• MSU Business-CONNECT was established to help companies leverage MSU’s wealth of resources more efficiently. The Business-CONNECT team works with companies to alignCONNECT team works with companies to align business goals with MSU’s intellectual capacity and ability to deliver, drawing on MSU’s

t i b f h k l d dextensive base of human knowledge and source materials, high-end scientific equipment and facilities, and invaluable international connections and educational services.

MSU Business Connect: http://businessconnect.msu.edu

MSU TechnologiesMSU Technologies• Transfer MSU intellectual property to the

marketplacemarketplace• Provide MSU researchers with feedback from

the marketplacep• Focus on:

– BiotechnologyD f– Defense

– Energy– Environment– Informatics– Nanotechnology

MSU Technologies: http://technologies.msu.edu

The Hatch: A business incubator in East Lansing’s Technology Innovation Center

• The Hatch will allow students to launch new ventures for their entrepreneurial capstone projects under the mentorship of ENetprojects under the mentorship of ENet.

• The Hatch is a collaborative effort between theThe Hatch is a collaborative effort between the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, MSU and the city of East Lansing to provide incubation space to student entrepreneurs that is tightlyspace to student entrepreneurs that is tightly connected to university and community services.

The Hatch: http://www.cityofeastlansing.com/hatch

MSU Bioeconomy NetworkMSU Bioeconomy Network

• The mission of the MSU BioEconomy Network is to identify, encourage and support research programs that will position Michigan State University as a world leader in the development of the bioeconomy.

• Created in 2010, the network is designed to marshal MSUCreated in 2010, the network is designed to marshal MSU research and resources to help foster connections with public and private sector initiatives designed to expand Michigan's bioeconomic sector.g

Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies

University Corporate Research Park

The mission of the University Corporate Research Park is to mutually benefit Michigan State University and tenants of the Research Park through the advancement of research, technology, development of new knowledge, and commercialization of intellectual property.

Innovation Technology CenterAnalysts International CorporationNetarx LCCDiverse Computer Marketers IncDiverse Computer Marketers, Inc.Transaction Network ServicesMI Virtual UniversityMDOT Lansing Transportation Services Center

MSU Foundation Technology Development CenterL&S AssociatesLyondell Basell IndustriesMSU Composite Vehicle ResearchLiuman Technologies LLC

Biotechnology Development CenterBiotechnology Development CenterEcoSynthesis, IncClaytex,l IncMBI International

Some MSU spin off companies: (2008: 48Some MSU spin off companies: (2008: 48 patents, 4.8 million in revenue)

AcquaBio Chip, LCC: pathogen identification instrumentationBiophotonoic Solutions: optimizing ultra fast lasersBoroPharm Inc: boronic acid compoundsDraths Corp: chemicals for products from renewable materialsDraths Corp: chemicals for products from renewable materialsGema Diagnostics: applications for assisted reproduction technologyInPore Technologies: silica particles for wind turbine and auto industriesMiteZapper LCC: eradication of mites from honey bee coloniesMonarch Atenna Inc: antenna technology for wireless industryMonarch Atenna Inc: antenna technology for wireless industryNamesforLife, LLC: databases to link related names or termsNatural Therapeutics: natural fungal nail relief productsNeogen Corp: food and animal safety productsNi I d ti ti l l tNiowave Inc.: superconducting particle acceleratorsRed Cedar Technologies: optimizing software and consulting for engineering productsTCH Pharmaceuticals: pharmaceutical drug developmentVerde Turba Technologies Inc: develops turbo machineryXG Sciences: manufactures graphite nanoplatelets as additives to plastics

A Founding Member of the Capital Area IT CouncilA Founding Member of the Capital Area IT Council

• Helping lead the effort to transform the Capital Area to a knowledge-b d 300+ l l IT i idi th 4 500based economy are 300+ local IT companies providing more than 4,500 jobs—as well as “end users” of technology like banks, insurance companies, hospitals and schools that also employ large numbers of IT professionals.

• The purpose of the IT Council is to foster a vibrant and thriving IT community in the Greater Lansing Region through:

• Education/TrainingEducation/Training• Job Development• Networking/ Events• Leadership

IBM-MSU Partnership: On-Campus IBM Global Delivery Center

• innovative application development and support services to modernize older and less efficient IT systems for state and local government agencies and universities.

• accommodating work from telecommunications, health care and other U.S.-based clients in the center and modernizing IT applications through process excellence, tooling automation, and asset re-use.

• students studying computer science, supply chain, and engineering will be candidates for employment by programs in the IBM global delivery center.

Community-Based Health Care, Medical Education and Research: Expanding Local Capacity Statewide

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Midland/SaginawTraverse CityM ttMarquette

Medical Centers in Grand Rapids Detroit and StatewideMedical Centers in Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Statewide

New and Ongoing Strategic InitiativesNew and Ongoing Strategic Initiatives

Establishing Place based HubsEstablishing Place-based Hubs

MSU Detroit Center Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED) in Lansing

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Providing a Unifying Framework: Bi th t W kBirth to Work

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Information Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC)Information Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC)• A nonprofit, collaborative

partnership of community, business, education, and

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• ITEC’s mission is to increase technology skills of Lansing area hild d d lt t b ttchildren and adults so as to better

prepare them to participate in a fast-paced, global IT-based economy

• http://www.iteclansing.org

“ITEC is the result of a convergence of a group of MSU faculty and academic staff with the City of L i th P i Ci it F d ti L iLansing, the Prima Civitas Foundation, Lansing School District, Lansing Community College and Capital Area Michigan Works!, along with private sector firms and key funding from the Dart Foundation and TechSmith. The stakeholders looked to after-school programs in places like Harlem, Pittsburg and Detroit as they modeled their program.”

Capital Gains, September 28, 2010

ITEC Geocaching Camp

ITEC Lego Robotics Camp

ITEC Digital Media Camp

Aligning MSU Mission to State-Defined Needs

MSU Extension Program InstitutesMSU Extension Program InstitutesTom Coon, DirectorMichelle Rodgers, Associate DirectorSteve Lovejoy, Associate DirectorSteve Lovejoy, Associate Director

Michigan State University Extension

Preparing Michigan’s Children and Youthfor the Future. Director: Julie Chapin

Enhancing Michigan’s First Green Industry: Agriculture and Agribusiness. Director: Wendy Powers

Improving Health and Nutrition. Director: Dawn ContrerasImproving Health and Nutrition. Director: Dawn Contreras

Greening Michigan: Leveraging Natural and Human Assets for Prosperity. Director: Rick Foster

Focus areas for Agriculture & AgribusinessFocus areas for Agriculture & Agribusiness

• Environmental Quality• Bioproducts and Bioenergy• Food and Animal Systems• Business Management

O t l L d d T f S t• Ornamentals, Landscape and Turf Systems

Greening Michigan: leveraging natural and human assets for prosperity

• Equipping communities and their residents to makeEquipping communities and their residents to make decisions that will help them to leverage their natural and human assets for economic development– Biomass based fuels (ethanol, methane)– Biomass based materials (plastics, composites)– Alternative energy (wind, geothermal, bio)– Energy efficiencygy y– Water efficiency– Urban agriculture, gardening– Tourism– Carbon trading

Product Center: MSU AES and ExtensionProduct Center: MSU AES and Extension

• The Product Center helps to develop and commercialize high value, consumer-responsive products and businesses in the agriculture andproducts and businesses in the agriculture and natural resource sectors. The Center is a key to the front door of MSU's vast and varied technical expertise, research, outreach, and educational services

Product Center: http://www.aec.msu.edu/product

Citizen Planner: Training and Educational ToolsCitizen Planner: Training and Educational Tools

• Job basics for community planning, zoning, and economic prosperity

• Ethics and conflicts of interest• Land use laws and court decisions• Land use laws and court decisions• Plan implementation and development controls• Best practices and smart growthBest practices and smart growth• Effective meetings, deliberation, and conflict

resolution• Relevant tools and techniques to do the job well• Smart Growth Readiness Tool (online assessments)

Building Inter-University CollaborationsBuilding Inter University Collaborations

University Research Corridor (URC)University Research Corridor (URC)• Michigan State University• University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan• Wayne State University

Purpose: to accelerate economic development in Michigan by educating students, attracting talented workers to Michigan, supporting innovation, and encouraging transfer of technology to the private sector

Benchmarking ComparisonsNorthern CaliforniaSouthern CaliforniaNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaMassachusetts Illinois

Empowering Michigan. Third annual economic impact report of Michigan’s URC. Anderson Economic Group, LCC 2009

Illinois

Michigan’s URC (2006-2008): rank against benchmarking comparisons

• Start-up companies: From 5th to 4th

• Patent grants issued: From 5th to 3rd

• Technology licenses issues: From 6th to 4th

O i l E di F 6 billi 3 billiOperational Expenditures: From 6.5 billion to 7.3 billionNet Economic Impact: From 12.9 billion to 14.5 billionTotal R & D Expenditures: From 1.369 billion to 1.405 billion

Empowering Michigan. Third annual economic impact report of Michigan’s URC. Anderson Economic Group, LCC 2009

Redefining Economic Strategies for the New Economy

• Michigan Economic Development Corporation• Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and

E i D l tEconomic Development• MSU Land Policy Institute

MSU Land Policy Institute: www.landpolicy.msu.edu

Creating Entrepreneurial CommunitiesCreating Entrepreneurial Communities

• Resources– Coaches and mentors– Professional services– Information

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– Messages/media– Welcoming to all– Youth engagement– Awards and recognitions

RegulationPublic policyPublic institution support

MSU Land Policy Institute: www.landpolicy.msu.edu

Economic Development through Arts and Culture

Wharton Center for Performing ArtsWharton Center for Performing Arts• A leading resource for

renowned arts entertainment and education programsand education programs

• Enriching the lives of Michigan residents and strengthening the value of the arts inthe value of the arts in everyday life

• Four theatres – Cobb Great Hall (2400) Pasant TheatreHall (2400), Pasant Theatre (750), MSU Concert Auditorium (3400), Fairchild Theatre (400)

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Allen Neighborhood Center - AWARE Shelter - Black Child & Family Institute - Boys and Girls Club of Lansing –Charlotte High School - Charlotte Performing Arts Center - Cristo Rey Community Center - Eagle Visions Ministries, Inc -Eastern High School - Edgewood Village Scholars - Ele’s Place - Esther Court Ministry - Faith United Methodist Church -Happendance - Hartland High School - Holt High School - Holy Cross Children’s Services - Ingham County Health Department - Ingham Intermediate School District - Jackson Public Schools/Parkside - Lansing City Pulse - Lansing Community College - Larry M. Trice, Sr. Outreach Center - Leslie Middle School Aspire Scholars - MMCC Students of Promise - MSU College of Music - MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine - MSU Cultural Engagement Council – MSU Department of Psychology - MSU Department of Theatre - MSU Family Resource Center - MSU Residential College in the Arts & Humanities - Northridge Academy - Okemos School District - Onaway Area Community Schools - Pleasant View Elementary Refugee Development Center South Side Community Coalition St Vincent Catholic CharitiesElementary - Refugee Development Center - South Side Community Coalition - St. Vincent Catholic Charities -Stockbridge High School - Stormfield Theatre - The Child Benefit Fund - Williamston High School - Williamston Theatre

West Michigan

Allegan High School - Aquinas College - Belding High School - Broadway Grand Rapids - Calvin College - East GrandAllegan High School - Aquinas College - Belding High School - Broadway Grand Rapids - Calvin College - East Grand Rapids High School - Fennville High School - Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School - Grand Rapids Civic Theatre -Grandville High School - Ottawa Hills High School

Northwest Michigan

Bellaire High School - Benzie High School - Central High School - City Opera House - East Middle School - Elk Rapids High School - Interlochen Arts Academy - Northern Michigan Community College - Old Town Playhouse - St. Francis School - Traverse City College Prep Academy - West High School

MSU MuseumMSU Museum• Michigan State University Museum is committed

to understanding, interpreting, and respecting natural and cultural diversity—through education, exhibitions, research, and the building and stewardship of collections that focus on Michigan and its relationship to the Great Lakes, and the world beyond.

• The MSU Museum is Michigan’s natural history and culture museum, and first affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Recent Smithsonian collaborations with MSU researchers and scholars have included publication of the world's most comprehensive study of the species and range of birds in South Asia, and a Smithsonian Folklife Festival centerpiece program on Native American basketry traditions.

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“Critical thinking and analytic skills need to be accompanied by the abilities to detect patterns, to combine seemingly unrelated ideas to find new ways to solve problems, to develop compelling narratives to express ideas, and to understand the nuances of human desires

d f Th biliti f t d b th t d b t f l lt land fears. These abilities are fostered by the arts and by art museums, powerful cultural institutions that show how artistic expression has mirrored and shaped contemporary experience.”

Karin A. Wurst, Dean, College of Arts and Letters.

Art Works: Creative Invention/Reinvention

PartnersMichigan Office of Cultural Economic DevelopmentCity of East LansingCity of East LansingArts Council of Greater LansingMichigan State Housing Development AuthorityLansing Economic Development CorporationMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University

Goals:Lead and Coordinate Cultural Economic DevelopmentEncourage, Support, and Invest in Creative EnterprisesAtt t d A i t W k d B iAttract and Assist Workers and BusinessesEnhance the Value of Place

Creative Economy: “consists of a c lt ral core that incl des occ pations and ind stries both“consists of a cultural core that includes occupations and industries, both for profit and not for profit that focus on the production and distribution of cultural goods and services, as well as intellectual property—but specifically intellectual property that has a cultural component.”

Art Works: Creative Invention/Reinvention, 2009, p. 2, 4

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