4. Summary of Project
● Researching case studies which
help to:
○ meet the citizen’s economic
needs
○ Preserve and protect the
environment
5. Stakeholders
● Citizens of the Iron Range
○ Mining affiliates
○ Tourism, education, business owners, etc
● Government officials
● Reporters
● Friends of the Boundary Waters
staff and partners
7. Research Methodology: Example
In-Range Out-Range
QualitativeQuantitative
“Analyze existing gateway community resources and plan ways to set up
cooperative work spaces in rural towns similar to some of the coop
arrangements being done here in the metro” -Paul Danicic our Supervisor
1. Identify Development
Model this fits into
2. Use Goal &
Sustainability definitions
to generate questions
3. Try to answer those
questions using the
methods rubric Planning documents
for Fiber-Optic cable.
MN Dept. Economic
Development: Data
Tools
NAOIP Whitepaper
on Coworking
Centers
8. Preliminary Two Week
Work Plan
● Background research of region and
current economic system
● Identify several overarching
Sustainable development models
○ Begin populating these with case studies
● Visit the Iron Range
9. Potential Challenges
● Assessing the viability of our
findings
● Presenting ourselves in the “right”
way
● No silver bullet solution
10. Metrics
● Compiled models of sustainable
development
● Executive summaries
● Explaining why these alternatives
are:
○ Sustainable
○ Desirable (to all stakeholders)
○ Viable
○ Optimal
11. Deliverables
● Final written report and summary
○ Supplemented with:
■ Website and video
■ Presentation
■ Op-Ed
■ Workshop/Focus group
● Accessible and Educational
● Initiates further conversation
