Regional Economic Development

The Green Collar Job Training Program’s aim was to develop a community response to the rising drop-out rate and the difficulty many local business face finding qualified local employees.

Is it a good thing that “smart growth” can so easily bleed into the realm of being a luxury brand?

This article will focus on three municipal land banking programs that, aided by state statutes, have been successful in utilizing tax-foreclosed properties to produce affordable housing.

In honor of Washington Technology Center’s 25th anniversary, we’re happy to report that our work continues to spur the next generation of technology advancements.

Industry collaboration & connectivity systems – investment attraction – innovation – education & training – export development – SMEs & multinational enterprises – infrastructure & capacity building – understanding & influencing government policy.

As states boost efforts to fund and stimulate research as part of an integrated economic development strategy, they should seek to fully harness the research and innovation capacity of all four-year public colleges and universities.

At the moment, this country has 50 states and 50 governors; without methodically checking every governor’s recent news releases and proclamations, it is still a reasonable assumption that almost every one of them believes that the "green economy" — whatever it is — will generate lots of green jobs and green money for state tax coffers, and that his or her state is the rightful and logical leader of this emerging segment.

The Mexican government has appointed diplomat Ricardo Pineda to open a consulate in Boise and serve a growing Hispanic population in Idaho and Montana.

The concept of cross-border regions in North America is not new.

As states boost efforts to fund and stimulate research as part of an integrated economic development strategy, they should seek to fully harness the research and innovation capacity of all four-year public colleges and universities.