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 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 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...