This blog post highlights two of my favorite economic development-related things here in Virgina. First is Cardinal News, an invaluable local news source covering Southern and Southwestern Virginia. Second is
18-02-2025
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When a company achieves $1 million in revenues, that accomplishment is often a sign that the firm has real potential and could be poised for major growth and success. In
06-02-2025
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For many decades, states in the Southeast and Southwest were the top places for new in-migration. These patterns have shifted in recent years, and we’re now seeing other places among
03-02-2025
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The latest edition of the Milken Institute’s Best Performing Cities Index is out this week, and, as usual, it’s an interesting read. These national benchmarking reports used to be fairly
22-01-2025
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A comprehensive new paper prepared for the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies offers a sobering look at what happened to places most affected by the Chinese trade pressures in
21-01-2025
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Many of the communities where we work, especially here in Northern Virginia, are facing big issues with electricity demands sparked by the AI-driven boom in data centers. Northern Virginia is
10-12-2024
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Between 2004 and 2020, the World Bank produced the excellent Doing Business reports---an annual survey of the ease of doing business in more than 100 countries. Doing Business generated lots
22-11-2024
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Yes, it's that time of year again. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 is here. This is an exciting time with thousands of events underway in more than 100 countries around the
18-11-2024
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Back in the day, I was a regular consumer (and producer) of candidate guides that summarized the policy platforms and program ideas of Presidential and Congressional candidates. Since policy platforms
04-11-2024
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