Regional Economic Development
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Rural America At A Glance, 2006 Edition
The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private decisionmakers and others in efforts to enhance the economic opportunities and quality of life for rural people and their communities.
New England colleges could go high-tech to good advantage
The challenge is real. We’re into a century when workers without a community or four-year college degree — including strong grounding in math and science — will be consigned to low-paid jobs. Take 100 graduating ninth-graders in New England today. Based on recent performance, there’s not a state in the region in which more than 77 will actually graduate from high school, 52 will actually enter college, or 29 will successfully graduate with either an associate or bachelor’s degree.
Ireland’s Role in the Changing Nature of Manufacturing
Key policy areas that are being addressed include: cost competitiveness and productivity; innovation and technology; skills and training; management skills; market and customer intelligence; and a more targeted approach to supporting small companies with the ambition to pursue significant growth.
New SBA chief hears cheers, jeers at forum
"We’ve got to run a tight ship. We have to be prudent with taxpayer dollars. We have to be transparent,"
Rural Oregon Town Feels Pinch of Poverty
Residents now live with lowered expectations, and a share of them have felt the sharp pinch of rural poverty. The town is an acute example of a national trend, the widening gap in pay between workers in urban areas and those in rural locales, where much of any job growth has been in low-end retailing and services.
Urban entrepreneurship
Brownfields development provides one avenue for redirecting some of the West’s growth from sprawl to urban infill.
Michelangelo of commercialization. Dinesh C. Patel, founding partner of vSpring Capital
By his own reckoning, this Michelangelo figures his fingerprints can be found on anywhere from 50 to 100 companies.
Real Estate And Development In The Northern Rockies, 10/5-6, Missoula, MT
This forum will bring together investors, brokers, developers, lenders, attorneys, journalists, government officials and non-profit leaders for a fascinating day of discussion about the real estate explosion in the region. Get the latest intelligence on market trends, hear from innovative developers and investors, learn about the most important new projects and policy developments, and join the conversation about the future of the Rockies.
Snowy Mountain Development Corporation and Richland County Health Department Receive Funds to Foster Business Innovation And Create Or Save Rural Jobs
JOHANNS ANNOUNCES GRANTS TOTALING MORE THAN $6.5 MILLION TO SPUR BUSINESS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Department of Commerce Addresses Need for New Ideas in Measuring Innovation
Gutierrez singled out the need to expand the commonly understood definition of innovation to include not only new products and services, but also process improvements that boost business productivity.
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