May 31, 2023
Dennis is joined by Mark Perna and they discuss how economic development professionals can help our business and industry partners connect with students. In a time of full employment, worker shortages, and a skills gap business and industry partners are increasingly looking to economic development professionals to help...
May 31, 2023
Economic Gardening: No Green Thumb Needed
Economic Gardening is an economic development model that embraces the idea that entrepreneurs drive economies and places a laser-like focus on creating jobs by supporting existing companies in a community. It originated in the late 80s in Littleton, CO when the state was in...
May 24, 2023
Nathan Ohle – President and CEO of IEDC
Economic Recovery Corps - Program launched on May 11th
The Economic Recovery Corps Program (ERC) is a multi-year, $30 million collaborative initiative designed to accelerate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in distressed communities and regions throughout the U.S....
May 17, 2023
2023 Economic Development Week – May 8 - 12, 2023
In this episode, Dennis and Broderick discuss Economic Development Week and why economic developers are not always great at telling their stories.
Economic Development Week gives economic development professionals a platform to showcase to their community the...
May 10, 2023
Walking the Economic Development Tightrope
For many of us, there has been a fundamental shift in how we approach economic development. As the job market has tightened the challenge of bringing in a new project has increased exponentially. How do we continue to look for opportunities when our current employers can’t...