If you’re in the mood for some inspiration, let me make a plug for viewing the new documentary, The Place that Makes Us, which I watched this week on PBS’s
An interesting and sobering new study from Germany’s Institute for Labor Economics (IZA) details how the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled anti-Asian discrimination in the US, and how such discrimination has
We’ll be leading a few upcoming professional development programs with our colleagues at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) over the next month or so.  Next week (on March 25
Last year, I was fortunate to work with my colleagues based at Virginia Tech in support of a project known as Vibrant Virginia, a statewide initiative to build closer collaborations
Like many, I’ve been musing a lot on how new ways of working will transform who we think about community and economic development. There’s no shortage of material on this
If you’ve got some time next week, I encourage you to check out the North Carolina Main Street Center’s annual conference, which will run virtually from March 9-11, 2021. While
I’ve been working remotely for many years. Personally, it’s worked out well, but I must confess that my own work and my collaborations are not always as efficient and productive
We are kicking off an interesting workforce project in partnership with the Delta Regional Authority and my colleagues at the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness.  This project will map workforce
As we continue on the long path to economic recovery, all communities should be thinking about resilience, i.e. what can they do to not only recover from the devastating impacts
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
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