Regional Economic Development

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Baltimore Passes Inclusionary Housing Bill

By forcing developers to include a percentage of low-cost apartments or houses in certain projects, the inclusionary housing bill attempts not only to create more affordable places but to make sure they aren’t clustered in certain parts of the city.

Bad Odds – For Economic Development, Casinos Don’t Pay

While more states are approving commercial casinos in hopes of creating jobs and increasing tax revenues, economists are increasing skeptical of the benefits of legalized gambling.

U.S. Congress Proposes National Technology Effort Modeled After ConnectKentucky

"ConnectKentucky has brought together Kentucky’s most innovative businesses, public agencies and educational entities to orchestrate a technology turnaround for the commonwealth," said Gov. Fletcher. "At an increasing rate, technology companies are locating in Kentucky, entrepreneurs are developing businesses in Kentucky and jobs are growing in Kentucky because the commonwealth now has the technology infrastructure and a more technology-savvy workforce to support business creation and growth."

The Four Drivers Of Kotkin’s Opportunity Urbanism

Joel Kotkin’s Opportunity Urbanism "asserts that the fundamental (but recently forgotten) core mission of cities is to accelerate the upward social and economic mobility of its inhabitants.

Take the Money and Don’t Run: Encouraging More Job Creation

Many state and local governments are using "clawback" provisions that let governments recover their money if companies leave town or go belly-up.

SSTI Awards Honor Exceptional Achievement in Technology-Based Economic Development. Are Your Economic Development Efforts Among the Best in the Nation?

The awards program not only celebrates exceptional achievements in TBED, but also provides examples of role model initiatives for peer practitioners around the country to emulate or adopt. The award also can be used as promotional tool in your marketing, recruitment, and outreach efforts.

Western govs seek clean energy production

"The potential of the West is astounding,"

Integrating The Farm With The City. "The food system is the base of civilization."

"It’s really important that cities begin to embrace the countryside because that’s what they’re based upon," says Sibella Kraus, director of Berkeley’s Program for Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge, which is exploring ways to encourage urban planners to incorporate farmland into their blueprints. "The food system is the base of civilization."

Higher education vital for climbing value chain

"Up the value chain" is the only way forward to success. That, in turn, implies emphasis on enhanced skills, much more research and development application by business, innovation inducing continuing change and dynamic management.

SBA now is focusing on rural America

Only 10 months into the job, the leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration is having the agency concentrate on pushing its programs into communities with high unemployment and poverty rates, many of them in rural areas.