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We are pleased to announce long-time principals Clint Nessmith and Matt Chambers will be transitioning to leadership roles as founders...

We are very pleased to announce that Lindsay Bensko has joined the RDG team. Lindsay brings 15-years of experience working in investor...

By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff As a result of the ongoing pandemic, we know governments at all levels...

By RDG Principal Clint Nessmith I hope all our readers are doing well! With mass-vaccinations occurring (my arm was incredibly sore!) I...

A Revolutionary Pivot or an Unscalable Experiment? By RDG Principal Matthew Chambers Only have ten seconds? The pandemic continues to...

RDG's INTERVIEW SERIES A Conversation with Dr. Anna Lebesch about Talent Development By RDG Principal Clint Nessmith Resource Development...

These are truly unique times in which we are living: global pandemic, renewed focus on systemic racism and economic disparity,...

This week we are expanding our normal commentary on the intersection of life and economic development funding to look a bit more broadly...

By RDG Principal Beth Pulliam A few weeks ago, an organization known as Stop Predatory Gambling requested lottery betting to be...

If your corporate structure happens to be as a 501(c)6, that headline probably got your attention. In a recent POLL RDG conducted, 70% of...

Do you read The Hustle?  It’s an online subscription news service that offers an edgier dive into the topics of the day.  Mike and I have...

First off, I hope everyone is healthy and safe right now.  This is an uncertain time for us all and the most important thing we can do is...

I recently heard a comment that really stuck with me: We see what we dare to see. When I first heard this, I wasn’t exactly sure what the...

Earlier this year, JP Morgan Chase announced the winners (see here) in their most recent round of Advancing Cities funding, which...

As EDOs look to their budgets over the next few months, determining the proper course of action will be challenging to say the least.  We...

Tiger’s back! That was the headline a little over a month ago when Tiger Woods won the Masters, his first major championship since 2008....

Happy fourth annual Economic Development Week! Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council...

In my role as behind-the-scenes design “expert” for RDG, I am the chief Principal responsible for making our proposal responses to RFPs...

I live in Statesboro, GA, a small college town close to Savannah. Despite our relatively small size, Statesboro’s most pressing...

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at IEDC’s Annual Conference in Atlanta where my role was to speak about the...