Ecosystem building, which prioritizes collaboration and growth among local entrepreneurs and organizations, is increasingly being recognized as a key regional economic development strategy. To serve ...

Economic development is one of the few government programs on which Hoosiers seem comfortable spending big money. Although exact numbers are hard to pin down, Indiana state and local governments each ...

Economic growth refers to the increase in goods and services production over set periods, often measured by GDP or GNP, ...

PACE leaves your current tax revenues intact. Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing is an economic development tool that does not subtract or redirect a political subdivision’s existing tax ...

Richland County was starting to benefit from a port authority, even before creating one. "We have a number of projects that have reached out to us already, asking to get involved, to see if their ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered state economies. At this point, it’s clear that some of the changes will last, with significant implications for how governments should think about the ...

The recent research by West Virgnia University, which developed a Zillow-inspired software to repurpose former mine lands for economic development, brings a fresh perspective on revitalizing ...

Emerging technologies and shifting federal priorities are catalyzing new industries that will create billions in economic ...

Any port authority in Richland County would have nothing to do with water. Port authorities can be useful economic development tools for local governments. With a wide range of powers provided by the ...

Lansing — The Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s flagship job-attraction initiative is fading away after the Legislature and governor stopped a final $500 million transfer to the program and ...