Next week, I'll be up in Shepherdstown, WV, as one of the speakers on an excellent Conservation Fund program, "Balancing Nature and Commerce in Rural Communities and Landscapes." Shepherdstown is
06-02-2020
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In recent years, we've seen a number of interesting new community development models being used out in the field. I've had good fortune to use the WealthWorks approach on a
03-02-2020
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If you're a follower of US science and technology policy, you likely have heard and read a lot about the DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the Pentagon's independent
22-01-2020
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New York's Rockefeller Institute of Government has created a new Future of Labor Research Center, and the Center's first study is making me optimistic about their future work. Where the
17-01-2020
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Local food systems development has been a hot topic in community development circles for some time now. These efforts typically use agriculture and food development as tools to advance community
07-01-2020
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Our colleagues over the in UK have come up with some useful terms for what we Americans have been calling the gig economy workforce. Some folks use the "precariat" and
20-12-2019
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Washington is pretty consumed with big issues of impeachment and government budgets nowadays, but lots of interesting and important debates on other issues are also underway. One big one concerns
17-12-2019
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Today, I attended a Capitol Hill briefing on a new Brookings/ITIF report on The Case for Growth Centers: How to Spread Tech Innovation across America. The report and its recommendations build
11-12-2019
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In today's tight labor markets, communities around the US are starved for talent. Some places are so starved that they've created incentive programs to attract talented workers. Some years ago,
22-11-2019
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