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Optimize Land Use and Placemaking | Optimize Land Use and Placemaking | ||
| − | * | + | *''Flexibility, responding to market preferences'' |
| − | *Infrastructure and land as a platform for experimentation | + | **'''Available office space/undeveloped land in Houston''' |
| − | *Placemaking to achieve critical mass of real estate and commercial activity and authentic sense of place | + | **'''Availability of capital''' |
| + | ***equity | ||
| + | ***VC | ||
| + | ***Investors of all kinds | ||
| + | *''Infrastructure and land as a platform for experimentation'' | ||
| + | **'''Flexibility of space and infrastructure''' | ||
| + | **Zoning? | ||
| + | *''Placemaking to achieve critical mass of real estate and commercial activity and authentic sense of place'' | ||
| + | **Location, location, location | ||
Strategy as a City of Innovation | Strategy as a City of Innovation | ||
| − | * | + | *''and leverage the regional innovation context'' |
| − | **What we currently have going for us as a city- who is here and how can we leverage them? | + | **''What we currently have going for us as a city- who is here and how can we leverage them?'' |
| − | ***'''R&D Data'' | + | ***'''R&D Data''' |
***'''Patent Data''' | ***'''Patent Data''' | ||
| − | *Prioritize attention on city wide eco-system and development and networking | + | *''Prioritize attention on city wide eco-system and development and networking'' |
**'''Current Government benefits to improve innovation ecosystem''' | **'''Current Government benefits to improve innovation ecosystem''' | ||
**What would we ideally have to attract business? | **What would we ideally have to attract business? | ||
| − | *Grow and support existing innovation firms and activity | + | *''Grow and support existing innovation firms and activity'' |
| − | *Manage externalities that arise | + | *''Manage externalities that arise'' |
**'''Houston's risk preparedness''' | **'''Houston's risk preparedness''' | ||
**'''Competition?''' | **'''Competition?''' | ||
| − | *Adapt through cycles | + | *''Adapt through cycles'' |
**'''Predictability of Houston's economy data?''' | **'''Predictability of Houston's economy data?''' | ||
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*''Leverage city DNA and expertise in promoting innovation'' | *''Leverage city DNA and expertise in promoting innovation'' | ||
**Where is Houston at the forefront? | **Where is Houston at the forefront? | ||
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| − | ** | + | **How can we market the city as an innovator? How do we gain that image? |
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| + | **How accessibile is Houston? | ||
| + | ***'''Public transportation''' | ||
| + | ***'''Travel costs: flying, lodging''' | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, 21 September 2017
| Houston Innovation District | |
|---|---|
| Project Information | |
| Project Title | Houston Innovation District |
| Owner | Ben Baldazo, Dylan Dickens, Joe Reilly, Taylor Jacobe |
| Start Date | 9/20/2017 |
| Deadline | 10/27/2017 |
| Primary Billing | |
| Notes | |
| Has project status | Active |
| Copyright © 2016 edegan.com. All Rights Reserved. | |
Link to DOC: https://docs.google.com/a/rice.edu/document/d/1FiS-fRbNWLbV2on_OETkjqzu9GIcTUoIESLe7DIVQrE/edit?usp=sharing
Mayor of Houston has asked us to make recommendations about how to create an innovation district in Houston
- Go through patent data, find people with patents
- Find people who have done R&D work
- Carve up the world of innovative people in terms of data
- Find their needs
- Turn it into some sort of office space requirement
- Try to find where this office space would be, what it would look like
Contents
Tentative Schedule
Week 1: Prep and understand need; research Houston and what it already has
Week 2: Analyze data on Houston as a whole. Diagnose need. Begin writing final document's section about current state of Houston
Week 3: Identify ways to fill need. Strategies for pulling together innovators. Begin writing final document's section about possible solutions
Week 4: Synthesize data and research to form coherent suggestions
Week 5: Final analysis of data. Finish paper.
Anticipated Paper Breakdown
- Needs/Wants for an Innovation District
- Economic Factors
- Social Factors
- Environmental Factors
- Diagnosis of Houston’s Current State
- How does it fulfill and not fulfill the requirements of an innovation district?
- Recommendations for how to achieve an Innovation District in Houston
- What do we need in order to make a successful innovation district in Houston?
- What would it look like?
- How do we make it happen?
- Specific suggestions
Resources to pull from
Houston Entrepreneurship has info about:
- Start ups
- Accelerators/Incubators
- Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
- Small Business
- VC
We would ideally have data about:
- Patents in Houston
- R&D in Houston
- Factors relating to best Innovation Districts:
Ideal Factors for an Innovation district
Here, I will try to break down measurable ways of understanding how an area fulfills the requirements of an innovation district
Data needed is in bold
Optimize Land Use and Placemaking
- Flexibility, responding to market preferences
- Available office space/undeveloped land in Houston
- Availability of capital
- equity
- VC
- Investors of all kinds
- Infrastructure and land as a platform for experimentation
- Flexibility of space and infrastructure
- Zoning?
- Placemaking to achieve critical mass of real estate and commercial activity and authentic sense of place
- Location, location, location
Strategy as a City of Innovation
- and leverage the regional innovation context
- What we currently have going for us as a city- who is here and how can we leverage them?
- R&D Data
- Patent Data
- What we currently have going for us as a city- who is here and how can we leverage them?
- Prioritize attention on city wide eco-system and development and networking
- Current Government benefits to improve innovation ecosystem
- What would we ideally have to attract business?
- Grow and support existing innovation firms and activity
- Manage externalities that arise
- Houston's risk preparedness
- Competition?
- Adapt through cycles
- Predictability of Houston's economy data?
Build the City's Innovation Brand
- Leverage city DNA and expertise in promoting innovation
- Where is Houston at the forefront?
- Develop innovation brand as a broad identity and shared narrative
- How can we market the city as an innovator? How do we gain that image?
- Invite others to feel and experience the innovation culture
- How accessibile is Houston?
- Public transportation
- Travel costs: flying, lodging
- How accessibile is Houston?
A thought: Houston's key capabilities seem to be in Oil/Gas/Energy and Medicine. Can we start by portraying Houston as a leading innovator in those areas? Innovation district can start with our core capabilities
