By: RDG Principal Lindsay Bensko Bright lights, big music city, welcome to Nashville! Home to the 2021 IEDC Annual Conference, and it did...

In collaboration with Bloomberg Associates, a part of Michael Bloombergs’ Bloomberg Philanthropies, RDG developed a Municipal Funding...

You never know what you might discover in your backyard. I’m a Bruce Springsteen fan. Recently my wife and I went to NYC to see him on...

One of my traditions is a New Year’s Day run.  I’ve done one for at least 25 years now, sometimes alone, oftentimes with one or more...

Ashley Folladori, Director of Investor Relations for JAXUSA Partnership This year, JAXUSA Partnership is celebrating 27 years of...

I come from the generation that grew up with Muhammad Ali – I was 7 when he knocked out Sonny Liston; 12 when he knocked out Jerry Quarry...

May 8-15th is Economic Development Week – something Resource Development Group is proud to celebrate! Please join us in honoring all of...

One of the biggest challenges for EDO’s is telling their story in a succinct, clear and compelling way. Not the story of the community or...

I read an article in our local paper a few weeks ago that really stuck with me.  It chronicled the dramatic disparity in relative...

RDG does a lot of work in major metros across the United States.  In fact, of the 48 metros of 1 million population or higher with a...

Principal and Co-Owner Clint Nessmith provides our blog for this edition of RDG Interactive. I was recently at Pat Danahy’s retirement...

This past Saturday morning while the rest of the country was preparing for another weekend of March Madness, I was at a celebration...

As I travel the country and listen to Chamber Execs., EDC Presidents and Board leaders talk about the challenges faced by their...

I just finished reading How Money Walks:  How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States and Why It Matters by Travis Brown.  It traces the...

As one of the top three thoroughbreds of all time, Secretariat was in a class by himself. In fact, no other horse has ever run 1 1/2...

Let’s face it.  Unless you are one of the lucky few organizations with more money than you know what to do with, there never seems to be...

This is an age-old question asked by many Chamber and EDO CEO’s when their investors tell them they are “cutting back”, “dropping out” or...

Recently I was meeting with the board of a prospective client and was asked the following question:  what is the one thing that makes the...

Today, Mark Spandle recaps the ACCE Conference Workshop on Economic Development Metrics presented by Mac Holladay of Market Street...

It was a complete coincidence that I found myself reading three totally independent items discussing this countries evolving workforce...