The way Americans work and live is facing a once-in-a-lifetime challenge in the form of simultaneous crises of public health, the economy, climate change, and racial justice. Our response will shape ...

Former professor Dr. David Birch of MIT found that up to 80% of job growth in any community is generated by the businesses already located there and not by attraction efforts. Economic development in ...

As we emerge from the pandemic, economic recovery is on everyone’s minds. Cities around the world are grappling with the intersecting challenges of inflation, climate change and deep systemic ...

Community and local development (CLD) programs empower communities to lead local development processes through control over planning decisions, fund management, and project implementation. Experience ...

American Electric Power (AEP) Ohio has announced that three local economic development organizations are among 18 statewide to receive a local economic advancement program (LEAP) grant. They are ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol is shown in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images) The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee recently marked up legislation reauthorizing the ...

Matt Hunter remembers well the six years Gynii Gilliam spearheaded economic development in the Portneuf Valley when she led ...

In the Middle East and Turkey, local authorities were already struggling with hosting high numbers of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) before the outbreak of COVID-19 and are now ...

Economic development activities can deliver broad value to communities, driving business growth, attracting investment and creating a foundation for prosperity, a point reinforced by the results of a ...

• Traditional economic development focused on large employers and established industrialists was rational for an economy of expensive experimentation. • As “bits over atoms” made experimentation ...