The way Americans work and live is facing a once-in-a-lifetime challenge in the form of simultaneous crises of public health, the economy, climate change, and racial justice. Our response will shape ...

The Stark Economic Development Board has been awarded $1.5 million to lead a community-wide brownfield assessment.

Former professor Dr. David Birch of MIT found that up to 80% of job growth in any community is generated by the businesses already located there and not by attraction efforts. Economic development in ...

As the CEO and president of Cardinal Credit Union, I've seen firsthand how credit unions can be a powerful force within their communities. They are key to helping communities spur local economic ...

Matt Hunter remembers well the six years Gynii Gilliam spearheaded economic development in the Portneuf Valley when she led ...

Community and local development (CLD) programs empower communities to lead local development processes through control over planning decisions, fund management, and project implementation. Experience ...

In the Middle East and Turkey, local authorities were already struggling with hosting high numbers of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) before the outbreak of COVID-19 and are now ...

• Traditional economic development focused on large employers and established industrialists was rational for an economy of expensive experimentation. • As “bits over atoms” made experimentation ...

Economic development activities can deliver broad value to communities, driving business growth, attracting investment and creating a foundation for prosperity, a point reinforced by the results of a ...