Making Economic Development Sexy
Street Economics™ is economic development for the people who actually live it. Not the practitioners. Not the insiders. The citizens who want to understand why their downtown looks the way it does. The entrepreneurs building something without waiting for permission. The artists and small business owners who drive the economy but never get invited to the meetings. Our PhD is from the streets.
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Heavy metal has been teaching economic development lessons for 50 years. We break down the business strategies, brand management, and market creation behind the biggest bands in the world - and show you how those same frameworks apply to cities. 58,000+ subscribers learning that Iron Maiden has more to teach about economic development than most consultants. Entertainment that accidentally educates.
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Services
BusinessFlare Advisory brings more than thirty years of economic development experience, deployed differently. We work with cities and economic development organizations who are tired of the same consultants delivering the same plans that sit on the same shelves. Our advisory practice is built on street-level insight, implementation focus, and the understanding that economic development happens in cities, not because of them. We help clients see what's actually there, figure out what to do about it, and get it done.
Our Respectful Reality Check communicates the real world influence of economic drivers and relevant opportunities.
Analysis | Actionable Insights | EaThe data that tells the real story. We use tools like Placer.ai to show you what's actually happening on your streets - foot traffic patterns, trade areas, economic impact, market reality. Not the data that confirms what you already believe. The data that shows you what you're missing. Our Respectful Reality Check approach gives you actionable insights, not just numbers in a report.
Economic design that actually fits. Our Fitment and Feasibility approach balances what's allowed, what the market wants, and what the numbers support. We work on regulatory efficiency, market and financial feasibility, and identity and brand - the strategic architecture that makes projects work. Not design for design's sake. Design that gets built.
Enhancements
With BusinessFlare® Real Estate, we provide our clients with in-house real estate brokerage services in support of their ongoing economic development and redevelopment endeavors.
BusinessFlare® Publishing focuses on breaking away from technical, expert, and arrogant jargon to help communities take charge of improving their condition.
BusinessFlare® Aerial approaches aerial photography with a specialized understanding of real estate, development, placemaking, the public realm, and the potential of a place.
Our Ventures
At BusinessFlare® we are strong supporters of entrepreneurship. We ourselves are entrepreneurs through some of our ventures such as Street Economics™ and Goodnight's Red River Spice Company, and we make crowdfunding investments into veteran owned craft breweries.
Our awesome collaborative enterprise supporting redevelopment, revitalization and market-based main street placemaking throughout the state of Florida, with unmatched industry professionals and experience.
Goodnight's Red River Spice Company provides authentic, flavorful blends to cooks everywhere. Our mission is to contribute to authentically American culture through food and flavor.
Craft Brewery Sites is our real estate and site selection spin-off that focuses on helping craft breweries grow and contribute to revitalization and placemaking, helping breweries find sites, and cities find brewery entrepreneurs.
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