Economic Gardening Advantages 

• • Solid Results

    In Littleton, Colorado, where the program was created, job count went from 15,000 to 30,000 over a twenty-year period. No companies were recruited during that time period. Other programs report 15%-30% growth in jobs and income.

  • Affordable

    A five company pilot project costs less than $25,000. The cost per job created often runs less than $2,000, compared to traditional estimates of $15,000-20,000.

  • Consistent Payoff

    Traditional economic development campaigns often have low returns with little to show for the budgeted efforts. Economic Gardening reliably creates jobs and income, meaning you can show consistent payoff for the time, effort and money
    invested in the effort.

  • Easy to Start

    Economic Gardening programs can be instituted in as little as two weeks after contract signing. Because the National Center for Economic Gardening national team brings all of the specialists, expertise, tools, processes, principles and software, an Economic Gardening program can be underway without time consuming start up efforts and expenses.

  • Oldest and Best Tested

    Economic Gardening created the whole entrepreneurship-led strategy in 1987. Over the past 35 years the program has conducted 3,500 engagements. The principles, processes and tools are tested and proven. Experience counts.

  • Award Winning, Internationally Recognized

    Economic Gardening has received national awards and international recognition, including International Economic Development Council, National League of Cities, and a finalist in Harvard’s Innovation in Government. The program has hosted six delegations from Japan. Around the world, it is recognized as the premier entrepreneurship-led program in the country.