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.
Durham, N.C. looks to a future of shared economic prosperity while facing COVID-19 and a malware attack
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for elected officials and municipal employees
Public policy lecturer Stephanie Leiser explains why local governments are going to need a lot more than $150 billion from the federal government
By overcoming challenges, mastering data and pursuing continuous innovation through digital strategy, Frank Di Palma, CIO of Vaughan, Ontario, believes IT can empower city government to achieve more.
A look at several cities’ bike share systems reveals what is and isn’t working for small hubs and the largest metros.
Uber drivers in New York petitioned for Travis Kalanick to step down from President Donald Trump’s advisory board due to the recent Federal immigration ban.
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general and governor-elect wants the state’s bathroom bill directing which bathrooms transgender people should use repealed.
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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?
Maryland & West Virginia join Florida & Georgia and Mississippi & Tennessee in groundwater disputes that comprise an eastern U.S. water supply battleground.
New Markets Tax Credits will fund projects accountable to low-income communities nationwide and leverage $1.4 billion for non-metropolitan counties.
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