Economic Development
Economic Development is a crucial focus for local and state government agencies committed to fostering job creation, attracting investments, and improving community prosperity. Governments can stimulate economic activity and enhance regional competitiveness by implementing strategies that support business growth, infrastructure development, and workforce training. This directory provides articles on economic development alongside related topics like Workforce Development, which examines initiatives to enhance the skills and employability of the local labor force.
According to The Reser Family Foundation, “when communities of every size do well, our state becomes stronger.”
After historic flooding pummeled much of the town in 2016, White Sulphur Springs has been making a come back.
This community in the Austin region may be on the small side, but that hasn’t stopped Eivens and her team from making Cedar Park, Texas, one of the best places to live in the U.S.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C. detailed mayoral priorities and the Trump administration’s pledges to mayors.
Airbnb kicks its home sharing campaign up a notch with a mayors video and a report that details the short term rental app’s tax income potential for cities.
The leaders of transportation tech giants Uber and Tesla have been tapped by Donald Trump to join a presidential advisory economic team.
This 35-year old mayor has won campaigns as the face of change before, so after weeks of consideration, he will run for DNC chair in February 2017.
Find out which cities in 2016 had the tallest skyscrapers, the most low income housing for seniors or offer their citizens the most bang for their buck.
The North Carolina attorney general and governor-elect wants the state’s bathroom bill directing which bathrooms transgender people should use repealed.
Get a list of the top 10 markets to watch and find out how the 2016 election could affect the 2017 housing outlook.
City revenue does not need to be lost to big Web corporations in retail and service spaces; the DigitalTown platform drives consumers to city websites.
An Atlanta start-up wants to refurbish shipping containers and install them at blighted properties with local utilities to create low-income housing.
Home building is way up, but could a labor shortage under President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration slow an industry already lagging well behind demand?
New Markets Tax Credits will fund projects accountable to low-income communities nationwide and leverage $1.4 billion for non-metropolitan counties.
Maryland & West Virginia join Florida & Georgia and Mississippi & Tennessee in groundwater disputes that comprise an eastern U.S. water supply battleground.
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From their potential to promote branding to the partnerships they create, festivals further both cultural and economic development in numerous cities.
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