Regional Economic Development

Workforce development must be the centerpiece of the community’s
economic development strategy, although the “workforce”
includes the managers and entrepreneurs just as much as the
employees on the shop floor, in the office, or in the laboratory.

In general, people don’t know our summers are magnificent, our people the epitome of civility and that we have three national parks within two hours of downtown Seattle.

Montana’s performance in Education, Homeownership, and Business Development drives a strong showing in the 2007-2008 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard.

Rural communities that remain isolated will suffer in today’s economy, economist Mark Drabenstott told a meeting of rural Texans on Friday. Rural Americans will prosper when they learn to “get beyond the petty jealousies of Friday night football.”

The Foundation will select up to four communities from its eight-state region: MN, IA, ND, SD, MT, ID, WA, and OR. Each award recipient will receive up to $100,000.

A half-finished project meant to lure investment to Indian reservations shows how earmarks can go bad.

The classification of people and territory as rural poses a number of challenges for researchers, policy makers, and program managers throughout the Federal system and beyond.

Biotech companies, particularly small ones, benefit from hiring students equipped with these lab skills because they often don’t have the time or money to train new hires.

Proponents of the "creative class" theory argue that hip cities will be the most successful because they lure highly educated professionals who are essential in today’s economy. But detractors say this is simply an argument for bread and circuses.

Next year, the U.S. is expected to cross a demographic threshold where the labor required to maintain a growing economy will begin falling short of the available labor.