Defining Innovation Districts

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Title	Defining Innovation Districts
Author	Anne Dayton
Series	Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Content status	Idea
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Research of Bruce Katz and Julie Wagoner, Brookings Institute

Broad net •Any U.S. urban neighborhood in proximity to major medical centers could qualify regard less of geography, infrastructure, or presence of any high-tech, high-growth firm. Examples studied by group led by Katz include: Philadelphia

Oklahoma City

Fort Worth

Houston (not extensively)

•Include some genuine success stories: Kendall Square, South Lake Union private-sector development where local government got out of the way, but do not focus on these examples.

•Include urban redevelopment projects. For example:

Detroit

South Boston Seaport

♣Original plan included high-tech, high-growth entrepreneurs ♣Subsequent development seems to have priced startup firms out ♣Some of the original members of entrepreneurial ecosystem relocated

•Includes research parks, so definition can include Research Park which a new design plan proposes to “urbanize”

•City profiles cheer a variety urban renewal development that can fit within this broad definition. For example: Chattanooga Fort Worth

•Brookings receives donor support from institutions involved in innovation district projects it accesses, For example: Philadelphia & OKC reports

Also New York Times article supporting documents included discussions of connecting KKR (real estate developers) to contacts in Detroit and Philadelphia Philadelphia & OKC report include disclaimers about donors influencing outcomes.

•Makes claim that innovation districts can mitigate income inequality. oWhen describing “Innovation districts” near medical centers, claims that 50% of STEM careers in these locales do not require bachelor’s degrees, suggesting that they are counting medical techs, nurse’s aids, etc. as “STEM careers” oMany of jobs most accessible to less well-educated workers would be in the service sector. No evidence that these would be well-paying. oClose examinations of Philadelphia and Oklahoma City suggest that residents from nearby impoverished zip codes are not taking jobs in the “innovation district.”

Zip codes to compare for "Innovation Districts"

Detroit

(Quicken Loans 48226, Henry Ford Health Sys (48202), Wayne State (48202), "downtown and midtown", Kresge Foundation (donor), Invest Detroit (Community Development Financial Institution), American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute 48216)

Philadelphia

(,Comcast Innovation and Technology Center 19103, UPenn 19104, Drexel 19104, Univ. City Sci Center 19104)

St. Louis

(Cortex 63108, Wash U 63130, St. Louis U 63103, Barnes Jewish Hospital 63110, CorTex West Development Corporation, )BioGenerator 63108 "St. Louis will clustering five innovation centers, with the purpose of generating 'collision points" between smart people." Danforth founded BioSTL Coalition (p. 15)

Seattle South Lake Union

(Amazon 98109) See Vulcan Real Estate (Paul G. Allen) ; Univ. of Washington medical research campus 98109

Cambridge, MA

(Kendall Square 02139, MIT 02139, Cambridge Innovation Center 02142)

Boston

(South Waterfront) Babson College 02210 & Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systens 02210, Mass Challenge 02210, District Hall 02210, GreenTown Labs (moved to Somerville in 2013, 02143), Battery Ventures 02210 http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/01/10/rents-soaring-city-innovation-district/nqeKNcRiLJiyjKEEGog8GP/story.html Arnault Morisson book titled "Innovation Districts: a Toolkit for Urban Leaders"

Texas Medical Center

TMC one of several "leading edge innovation districts" (p. 14)

Chattanooga

(Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, Lyndhurst and Benwood Foundations (funders), Univ. of Tenn at Chattanooga 37403, The Enterprise Center 37402, Edney Innovation Center 37402, GigTank (program of the Company Lab 37402)

Fort Worth

(Sundance Square 76102, near medical center Cook Children's 76104, JPS 76104, Harris Methodist 76132, Baylor Scott 76104, HCA's Plaza 786104, Moncrief 76104)

Oklahoma City

audit slides: http://www.okcinnovation.com/Websites/okcid/files/OKCAuditDeck_revised4-28reduced.pdf

73104

OKC VA Medical Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OU Med Center, Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (high school), Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, GE Global Research (oil & gas), i2E "innovation to enterprise", Oklahoma Health Center Foundation, Presbyterian Health Foundation

73117

College of Allied Health, College of Pharmacy, Young Biomed Research Ctr