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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...