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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
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
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
Innovation hubs are a hot topic today, and they’re getting a lot of attention from the military which is investing in programs like the Defense Innovation Unit (DIUx) and various
I live in Virginia, and, like many US states, we’ve often got some tensions between the urban and rural parts of the Commonwealth.  Theses differences often get the most media
Next Tuesday (February 15th), I’m very much looking forward to joining the National Association of Counties at their annual legislative conference in Washington DC.  I’ll be on a panel (from
When they are not discussing Prime Minister Johnson’s drinking parties, policymakers in the UK have been actively engaged in an interesting set of debates about “levelling up,” the British term
If we are serious about responding to climate change, we need to also embrace just transition policies that offer critical support to workers, families, businesses, and communities who lose jobs
Last year, I started using an excellent new data tool from GoDaddy and Venture Forward, which tracks US microbusinesses based on domain registrations with GoDaddy.  The Venture Forward data offers
As our economies transition away from the use of fossil fuels, we know that we’re all in for a bit of an adjustment.  But these adjustment pressures wont’ be evenly