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Small business finance is one of the many fields that has been revolutionized over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial responses to the pandemic created lots of innovations as
AARP is out with the latest edition of its annual livability index, which tracks how communities perform on a series of livability metrics such as health care quality, housing affordability,
One of my all-time favorite entrepreneurship programs—One Million Cups—celebrates its 10th birthday this week.   Started by the Kauffman Foundation, One Million Cups is based on a simple premise:  entrepreneurs like
The COVID-19 pandemic is having huge impacts on where and how we work.  One big change has been the overwhelming embrace of business startups.  In 2021, nearly 5.4 million Americans—a
If you work in economic development, you’re likely familiar with the acronym CEDS, which stands for a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.   If regions are seeking federal money from the US
Today, the Delta Regional Authority introduced a helpful new report examining key workforce development trends across the eight-state Delta region. This effort was led by the Center for Regional Economic
Innovation hubs are a hot topic today, and they’re getting a lot of attention from the military which is investing in programs like the Defense Innovation Unit (DIUx) and various
I live in Virginia, and, like many US states, we’ve often got some tensions between the urban and rural parts of the Commonwealth.  Theses differences often get the most media
Next Tuesday (February 15th), I’m very much looking forward to joining the National Association of Counties at their annual legislative conference in Washington DC.  I’ll be on a panel (from
When they are not discussing Prime Minister Johnson’s drinking parties, policymakers in the UK have been actively engaged in an interesting set of debates about “levelling up,” the British term