As the proud father of a theater major, I’m always interested in research that highlights the economic importance and potential of the arts. As such, I’m really enjoying the Organization
13-06-2022
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Economically distressed communities (i.e., places with persistently high levels of poverty and unemployment) exist everywhere in the US, but they are also heavily concentrated in a few specific regions, such
07-06-2022
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A new edition of our semi-regular e-newsletter, EntreWorks Insights, is now available. In this issue, we look at issues related to community capacity building. You can learn more and subscribe
12-05-2022
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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
27-04-2022
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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,
21-04-2022
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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
14-04-2022
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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
05-04-2022
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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
10-03-2022
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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
07-03-2022
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