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“Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship: What Can States Do?” appeared in the Winter 2006 edition of Economic Development America, a professional journal of the US Economic Development Administration.
As small businesses continue the long slog of recovery from COVID-19 impacts, we’re going to need all hands on deck.  We are going to need more resources for business technical
As we continue to slog toward an economic recovery from the pandemic, communities around the US are coming to grips with the problem of housing.  Simply put, too many places
It’s back to school time again.  If you’re pursuing professional development or just want to learn about new trends in economic development, join us on September 17-18, 2020 for another
I recently returned from our annual Maine vacation to find my pre-ordered copy of The Startup Community Way by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway.  This new book follows up on
I just finished an interesting new book by Martin Sandbu, economics writer for The Financial Times. The Economics of Belonging: A Radical Plan to Win Back the Left Behind and
I will admit that I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about or studying fiduciary rules related to retirement plans, but a new proposal from the Department of Labor
If you’re an entrepreneur working in rural America or in sectors with a focus on food and agriculture, consider competing in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2021 Ag Innovation Challenge. 
As communities push toward economic recovery after COVID-19, many regions will be making a big push to improve local broadband capacity.  The poor quality of broadband in many rural locales
Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is uncharted territory, and none of us really know how,  when, and if things will return to “normal.”   I’m on the hunt for any