Regional Economic Development

Women who own small companies are awaiting guidelines from the Small Business Administration that would implement the program as called for in legislation passed in December 2000.

Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas.

A Wisconsin commission recommends health insurance for farmers, revitalized rural schools and protection of farmland in two and a half year study of farming and rural life.

US child poverty rates exceed those of all other industralized nations.

This research examines rural immigration trends and assesses the impact of a growing rural
foreign-born population on housing conditions in rural communities.

Business incubators work to help businesses do better than that by offering specialized services and mentoring. Does it work?

Two days of inter-active panels, issue-specific break-out sessions and presentations exploring the most important issues of the day facing large lakes experiencing rapid growth and development.

As businesses, investors and government and public policy groups seek to determine their next
moves, the Best-Performing Cities Index continues to provide benchmarks for future planning, yearover-
year performance data, and most important, a measure of change in the development of a
prosperous, competitive economy and stable society.

The government is closer to designating energy corridors on federal land in the western United States, a move that could help expedite the construction of much-needed transmission lines.

"’Economies of expertise’ says IBM guru" among many of the topics in this excellent economic development newsletter from down under.