Regional Economic Development

One September afternoon 10 years ago, two idealists came to a Littleton City Council meeting with a vision. It was 1992, the pit of the recession. The city had lost 7,000 jobs. One million square…

Times could be better in the Twin Cities area. Job openings are way down from a year ago. Big employers are slashing their payrolls. State legislators are grappling with a gargantuan budget shortfall. DAVE BEAL…

A job description has been written. The call for applicants has gone out. A salary of $62,305 to $76,796 has been set. But there still isn’t money in the city of Spokane’s 2003 budget for…

"Whatever we do – how we govern projects, how we expend funds – we look at how it is applicable to our primary mission of creating jobs and diversifying the economy of Nez Perce County," Doeringsfeld says.

Brick and mortar increasingly starts with a click. Anxious to compete for economic opportunities, cities are using technology designed to ease logjams in planning departments as a potential job generator by providing information online. By…

A higher rate of entrepreneurial activity is strongly connected with faster growth of a local economy, the U.S. Census Bureau reports in Endogenous Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities. The recent working paper, prepared by…

An economic funk hangs over downtown Boise. • A new $25 million convention center is on hold after voters refused to authorize a bond issue to pay for it. • The second and third phases…

"In 2000, Halfway, Ore., agreed to change its name to Half.com in exchange for $73,000 and 24 computers for schools, a windfall that supporters of the deal said would greatly benefit the town about 50 miles east of Baker City."

"The Community Outreach Partnership Center project will be supported by the Community Colleges of Spokane and Eastern Washington University."

"Among the highlights is a call for more coordination at both the state and local levels. At the state level, the report calls for coordination between the many players involved in community and economic development – from community colleges to utility companies."