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For the past few years, Virginia Tech’s Office of Economic Development has been spearheading a program called Vibrant Virginia, a statewide effort to link Virginia’s higher education institutions in a
Last year, I was part of a project team supporting the US Small Business Administration to strengthen its programs related to COVID-19 small business response and recovery.  At that time,
Last January, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers created a Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity.  When the Commissioners accepted their assignments, I doubt that they knew that they would be working
It sometimes seems like we get a new study on the future of work every day, so I don’t get too excited when I see reports of new look at
Later this week, I'll be part of a panel discussing how communities in Delaware can best recover and rebuild from the impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic. The event is
We've got a new issue of the EntreWorks Insights e-newsletter available. This one takes a look at how we need to rethink local government finance to ensure effective recovery from
Local Government Finance and the Coming Economic Recovery:  How Will We Pay to Restart our Economic Engines? Welcome to the latest edition of EntreWorks Insights, a quarterly newsletter that reports
I’ve recently been introduced to a new term (for me at least):  Zoomtowns.  This refers to smaller communities, often also known as gateway communities, that are attracting highly skilled and
The International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) annual conference is going virtual next week.  While I won’t see you in Dallas, hopefully we can connect on line.  I’ll be leading a
Tax incentives for investors serve as one of our primary tools to incentivize investment in startups and in other types of desirable economic development activities.  Examples include tax credits for