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"In fiscal year 2002, OTCC facilitated more than $11.5 million in capital acquisition and saw four of its companies access more than $165.2 million in mid- or late stage financing. Meanwhile, the Alliance was responsible for creating almost 500 new jobs and retaining more than 600 existing jobs the same year."

Youghal, Ireland — The boom that doubled the size of Ireland’s economy in the 1990s has come to an abrupt halt, the victim of a worldwide technology bust and membership in a European club that…

An eco-industrial park is a community of manufacturing and service businesses that share resources and cooperate on joint services such as energy generation. Often, they use each others’ waste streams as raw material input. They also use each others’ ideas and facilities as resources in a way that improves efficiency. "Long-term, this is definitely a trend. It’s a natural next step in industrial development," said Shireman.

The importance of building technology-based economies continues to be emphasized by governors across the country, despite or because of“ the down economy. Below are excerpts from speeches given in Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and…

The Verizon Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Southern Growth Policies Board in order to enhance its electronic communications and provide the region with a comprehensive on-line economic development resource. With the new funds,…

These cities had "strong but very informal structures for the exchange of technical knowledge and conceptual ideas." The people who lived there engaged in a "constant search for the novel," and there were strong connections "not only between like-minded individuals but also between quite disparate socio-economic-cultural groups."

Empire State Development (ESD) launched a new interactive mapping Web site http://www.lowermanhattanmap.com/ this week that will make it easier for tourists, residents and others to locate the exact stores and services they seek. Government Technology–…

This report provides the most comprehensive body of research yet assembled on growth and development patterns in a bellwether Midwestern state.

Advocates of the new city-county merger in Louisville — which passed easily at the polls — said the merger was necessary to keep Louisville economically competitive. William Fulton – Governing.com Advocates of the San Fernando…

"Most of the numerous projects and initiatives that state and local governments fund in the name of creating new private businesses and new jobs result in few public benefits. In contrast, studies find that well-focused investments in early childhood development yield high public as well as private returns."