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.
A community’s small businesses can weather disasters by formalizing disaster recovery plans that maintain essential operations and pay the bills.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg shares policy strategy goals for this year, and his vision for the city beyond his administration.
With federal funding won through an FCC auction, a regional electric cooperative will bring broadband to more than 16,000 customers in rural Pennsylvania.
AeroFarms will grow up to 2 million pounds per year of baby leafy greens and herbs in an environmentally controlled, safe, and sanitary facility
The funding will be used to help gather city data and develop new policies on a variety of issues such as transit and job creation
The center works to expand the clean technology industry in the state, and is helping to fund the energy institute’s forthcoming Worcester incubator
The money will be directed toward Launch NY, a nonprofit venture development organization
Mitch Landrieu says the city is on the right track nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina but points to coastal erosion as a threat to the city’s future
ConnectHome will link 270,000 households, and 200,000 children, with broadband access in 28 communities
Neighborhood-level inequality increased sharply between 1990 and 2010
Governments face an expanding need to stay on top of and react to trends and innovations that increasingly are disrupting their economies
The pilot program will connect over 275,000 low-income households – and nearly 200,000 children – with the support they need to access the Internet at home
New research shows active populations create successful cities
A growing number of states want to attract and keep military retirees, who are some of the best-educated, best-trained and youngest retirees around
Teams from Virginia’s agencies will compete over 48 hours to create new and innovative applications
The Middletown Town council voted unanimously to approve the record plan for a combination data center and natural gas co-generation power plant
The report quantifies the differences in health, infrastructure and ecosystem impacts under the two scenarios
The grassroots movement aims to engage local residents in campaigns to boost sustainability and economic growth by nurturing community resilience
Officials see medical marijuana plants as source of jobs rather than purveyors of vice
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