Regional Economic Development

Twenty-seven area business and government leaders will spend three days in Washington, D.C., this week. The annual visit is part salesmanship, and part survey of the federal landscape to find solutions to regional issues. Tom…

"The salary range for CEOs of groups like GPEC is about $175,000 to $275,000, said Jeffrey Finkle, CEO of the International Economic Development Council"

Some of the country´s newest entrepreneurs had their ideas vetted this week by Treasure Valley venture capitalists and business people in an annual competition at Boise State University. Julie Howard The Idaho Statesman • Northwest…

"The goal of SkyWest Magazine is to help promote the best places where SkyWest flies," she said. "Twin Falls is a gem of a community."

The Southern Growth Policies Board has released a toolkit to help communities understand the knowledge economy and how new economic forces affect quality of life and economic development. Seeing the Future: The Knowledge Economy seeks…

Arts and culture are big business in their own right. But they’re also key to attracting knowledge-based businesses and educated workers, and making communities more enjoyable, officials from three major U.S. cities told Phoenix-area arts…

"If we think we’re going to compete with the research triangle in North Carolina and Silicon Valley in California, we’re going to have to work together," said Koch, head of the health research foundation. "We aren’t big enough to fight the big boys."" "We look at this as a regional approach," said Hindbjorgen, the Sioux Falls Development Foundation official. "If Iowa succeeds, if northwest Iowa succeeds, we think we succeed as well. . . . There is a terrific regional opportunity here for both states."

Rick Carr likes what he sees when it comes to the future of business in North Idaho. By KAREN SHERMAN Staff writer COEUR d’ALENE Press "We’re very fortunate," said the president of Jobs Plus, an…

U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), along with 12 colleagues, announced the ‘New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act,’ that would help renew the promise of the original Homestead Act to attract new residents and businesses to rural…

"We invested in the Colorado Institute of Technology because we need to have a work force that has the labor skills and the technical skills."