Credibility
Collaboration
Credibility
Our team are certified redevelopers, economic developers, entrepreneur development, planning, and downtown placemaking professionals.
We have staffed some of the most successful CRAs in Florida in every important role: executive directors, deputy directors, economic development directors, development redevelopment specialists, capital project managers, and downtown managers.
Experience
Collaboration
Credibility
Our Redevelopment Portfolio includes:
Community Redevelopment Plans
CRA Findings of Necessity
CRA Plan Updates & Extensions
Corridors and Capital Plans
Public Private Partnerships
Business and Talent Attraction
Marketing and Branding Strategies
Capital Strategy and Bond Narratives
Interlocal Negotiations and Support
Economic Impact and Incentives
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
We curate a team of unique, collaborative, and respectful talent for each project. Our approach is to listen to authentic voices that help us uncover revitalization gems in your city.
We understand redevelopment like no other team. Our team has been redevelopment board members, staff, consultants, partners, entrepreneurs, stakeholders, and residents. We live it.
Actionable Insights
Actionable Insights
Actionable Insights
Successful economic development requires an entrepreneurial, not an academic or bureaucratic approach, and BusinessFlare® is the leading entrepreneurial firm active in economic development today.
Not every city even needs an economic development “strategic plan”, and not everyone is ready for Street Economics; but for those that are, it’
Successful economic development requires an entrepreneurial, not an academic or bureaucratic approach, and BusinessFlare® is the leading entrepreneurial firm active in economic development today.
Not every city even needs an economic development “strategic plan”, and not everyone is ready for Street Economics; but for those that are, it’s going to be a great trip. Help us tell your story. We are not here to tell you where you should go, that’s up to you; we are here to help you get there.
Unlike traditional consultants and academics, we will get you quickly through the data and into action.
Reality Check
Actionable Insights
Actionable Insights
"Market analysis only tells you how you got to a place you may not want to be anymore. It doesn't have anything to do with your potential and where you can go. Stories make the difference."
All too often communities and local governments engage consultants to run a "Gap Analysis" and identity "retail strategies" to attract new businesses,
"Market analysis only tells you how you got to a place you may not want to be anymore. It doesn't have anything to do with your potential and where you can go. Stories make the difference."
All too often communities and local governments engage consultants to run a "Gap Analysis" and identity "retail strategies" to attract new businesses, only to find that these strategies are limited and often do not truly enhance the community or meet its needs.
Retail and small business development must occur within the context of an overall place-based economic development approach; otherwise dollar stores, chains and restaurants where food comes out of a bag will be the future.
Our Tribe
Actionable Insights
Our Tribe
BusinessFlare established the Florida Redevelopment Network to connect communities directly with experienced redevelopment professionals.
BusinessFlare is an awesome collaborative enterprise that offers a refreshing and unique experience based on authenticity, place brand, and feasibility. We live, dance, and breathe economic design and
BusinessFlare established the Florida Redevelopment Network to connect communities directly with experienced redevelopment professionals.
BusinessFlare is an awesome collaborative enterprise that offers a refreshing and unique experience based on authenticity, place brand, and feasibility. We live, dance, and breathe economic design and redevelopment.
We specialize in economic design, redevelopment, economic development, and solving tough problems.
