Economic Development
Ten Questions Communities Trying to Attract Remote Workers Should Ask
COMMENTARY | Local leaders across the country are contemplating how to lure newcomers to their areas to help spur economic growth. Answering questions around funding, stakeholder input and internet access can lead to a well-crafted strategy.
The Wide Gaps Between Minority and White Business Ownership in America’s Cities
A new data tool offers ways to gauge the disparities with businesses in the nation’s largest metro areas. It also includes information on women-owned firms.
Learning From the New Deal—For the Next Recovery
If national-level policy, in the Biden era, is now trying to support economic recovery and renewal of left-behind areas, ideas on how to do that, and the experimentations and implementations on getting it done, are largely going to occur at the local level.
Smallest Businesses Will Get Special Window to Apply for Federal Relief Funds
The Biden administration announced the change to the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday, along with other measures to improve access to funding for minority-owned businesses.
Toward a More Inclusive and Resilient Economic Development Paradigm
COMMENTARY | As economic development leaders look for ways to stimulate growth in the wake of Covid-19, they should embrace strategies centered on resilience and inclusivity.
The New Plans to Remake Appalachia’s Economy
Mayors from the region and others want the Biden administration to embrace their proposals for billions of dollars of spending, with a heavy emphasis on clean energy projects, as a way to reinvent the region as coal declines.
Mile-by-Mile, Proposed Nationwide Bike and Foot Trail Sees Progress
Advocates for the trail say there are now over 2,000 miles of segments complete and that more money flowed toward the project this past year.
Two-Decade Push to Build a Grocery in a Food Desert Finally Pays Off
A mix of public and private support has come together to make the project in northeast Oklahoma City possible.
Another Region Offers Remote Workers $10,000—and a Bike!—to Move
Northwest Arkansas will provide a cash incentive and a street or mountain bike to qualified remote workers who relocate to the area.
Report: Amazon Got $741 Million in Tax Incentives to Build 36 Warehouses Around Chicago
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Nevada county considers allowing brothels to open for non-sexual escort services … Utah hospitals preparing to ration care … Maine town booms during pandemic.
Pandemic May Alter Big Cities, But Won’t Kill Them, Experts Say
The possibility that mid-sized cities could benefit from shifts in how and where people are working also came up during Route Fifty’s Future Cities event on Monday.
In California, State Lawmakers Propose $100 Billion Stimulus Plan
The proposal calls for offsetting reduced federal unemployment benefits and a program to incentivize early tax payments.
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