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 award will fund the Pathways to Employment initiative, a new partnership with the North Central and Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Boards and Adult Basic Education Coalitions that will focus on workers who lack basic skills in reading, math and communications that inhibit them from successfully completing occupational classroom training and sustaining employment
Regional park systems are responsible for almost $140 billion economic activity and approximately 1 million job.
Atlantic City’s emergency manager is recommending spending cuts, consolidation and privatization of some governmental functions as a way to get the financially struggling gambling resort back on its feet
Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service is asking voters to approve a new EMS district funded by a property tax levy to add full-time staff
The E3 initiative connects Chester County inmates with employers before release and maintains support after reentry
Tulsa City Council has approved a plan allowing the fire department to charge insurance companies of at-fault drivers $710 to $1,865 per response
The mobile unit, a former police bus nicknamed “Lucy,” has been retrofitted with three washers and three dryers
The communities will engage in virtual learning, obtain peer learning and receive technical
The 2025 report underscores local leadership amid rising economic and climate pressures
Longtime small businesses can apply for the $5,000 grants for marketing, business process modernization and improving technology
“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED.” Trump wrote on Truth Social
Salem balances the dark tourism of the 1692 Witch Trials at Halloween with a cathartic approach to teaching and practicing social justice
The National League of Cities report highlights the top challenges and solutions mayors are focusing on
University of Georgia researcher seeks to understand why people are volunteering less
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