What exactly is economic development? This is the most common question when I give my elevator speech about our new regional economic development partnership, the Colorado River Valley Economic ...

The gig economy and high-speed internet have changed the nature of work and where and how jobs are created. Last week I reported on a recent study conducted by the NC Secretary of State’s office, in ...

The Institute for Social Transformation organized a recent statewide gathering that brought together partners from the ...

The activities of economic development organizations (EDOs) pave the way for private businesses to start up or grow, ultimately increasing the tax base, providing good-paying jobs to residents, and ...

Economic development and the process of selecting sites for industrial and headquarters facility investment are the most important business activities in the US and the world today. The process is ...

Ted Townsend, Richard W. Smith and Chance Carlisle discuss crime and economic development. President and CEO of Greater Memphis Chamber Ted Townsend, CEO of the Carlisle Corporation Chance Carlisle, ...

New York City Employment and Training Coalition CEO Greg Morris’s first job, about 30 years ago, was signing teens up for the Summer Youth Employment Program, which connects young adults, often from ...

Tip O’Neill, famed speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, used to say that “all politics is local.” This has proven true. Also local is economic development. We tend to center our focus on ...

Steve Adubato is joined by Tara Colton, Chief Economic Security Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, to discuss food insecurity in Atlantic City and initiatives to improve ...