Regional Economic Development

The Sustainable Forests and Communities Initiative seeks to promote forest conservation and environmentally sustainable economic development at the local level. Eligible applicants must be working within the three program components of ecology, economy, and community….

"It’s just the insatiable desire to find the next big thing," said Joseph Cortright, an Oregon economist who has studied regional attempts to develop the sector. "Everybody has just, lemming-like, started running after the biotechnology industry."

More than 80 percent of those states and municipalities that responded to a 2001 survey prepared for a Department of Commerce conference listed biotech as one of their top two targets for development."

The Spokane City Council passed an emergency budget ordinance Monday that will enable the city to hire a full-time economic development adviser. Amy Cannata Staff writer Spokesman Review Councilwoman Cherie Rodgers was the only council…

What does it take to get a region “organized”? To get citizens focused on critical issues, common sets of priorities? To think beyond narrow confines of township or race or ethnicity, economic group or bureaucratic…

In times like these, funds supporting new building projects that ultimately spur overall growth and development are necessary to keep the economy moving onward and upward. Minnesota Business Journal (Thanks to Mark Martin of the…

Starting a children’s story hour. Going to a Contra dance. Singing in a choir. These are just a few of the myriad of cultural activities that contribute to building community social capital. In an article…

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report that offers insight into early-stage capital investments. An Analysis of Funding for Early-Stage Technology Development demonstrates the important impact of funding sources other than…

"It is rapidly being recognized that all global communities and nations are in direct competition to determine the most effective means for unleashing the inherent human potential of their citizens using new, affordable educational information and communications technologies. "Mining raw human potential using free web tools." Those communities and nations that first prove how to unlock this human potential may enjoy a cottage industry for years to come, teaching others how to emulate their success. As Tom Grundner, founder of the early Freenets used to say, "It is just a matter of who and when."

The next mayor of Denver will inherit a struggling economy that for two years has failed to create jobs, squeezed shopping budgets, attracted fewer visitors and pushed some longtime residents out of their homes. By…

Business Plus III is a six-county initiative that by May 30 aims to raise $1.44 million to invest in Magic Valley’s economic health over five years. Of that money, $1.15 million would be for business-attraction…