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.
The latest research has shown that local governments may be ignoring the threats of human trafficking businesses that are right in front of them.
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Top issues include economic development, infrastructure and public health while parks and recreation and police department are important areas of focus for mayors in their 2019 state of cities speeches, according to the National League of Cities.
Funding supports solar and other renewable energy projects to create jobs and promote energy independence
The two collective Southeast Iowa entities are the state’s first two recipients of the Stronger Economies Together program grant
The city of Fayetteville signed a 13-month contract with Lamar Advertising to display eight-second ads on 13 digital billboards across the city
A social policy experiment is spreading across the country as a way to finance and improve public services and problems. But its merits are so far unproven
The two-year study will be funded through a $715,000 Federal Highway Administration grant administered by the Illinois DOT and the Chicago DOT
Experts say Michigan is in a good position to meet emission reduction rules by developing more renewable energy resources and continuing efficiency programs
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
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