As we emerge from the pandemic, economic recovery is on everyone’s minds. Cities around the world are grappling with the intersecting challenges of inflation, climate change and deep systemic ...

Community-centered economic inclusion’s scope breaks down disciplinary siloes—integrating community, economic, and workforce development efforts together with capacity-building efforts—to nurture long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm co-founder & CEO with 30+ years in community economic development. In 1977, Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act ...

B usiness Facilities 2026 Economic Development Organization (EDO) Awards recognize economic developers’ efforts toward growing their communities. Record-breaking projects and creating new pockets of ...

Earlier this month, a small group of roughly 50 people gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico to discuss what a liberatory movement for community economic development might look like. For many, it was ...

Community development financial institutions around the country have been roiled by the Trump administration’s March 14 executive order targeting the CDFI Fund for elimination “to the maximum extent ...

Community is one of humanity’s great achievements. Yet community development corporations, a $28 billion sector of over 6,200 nonprofits that support local community economic development, are largely ...

Emcee Arden Santana with award recipient Kim Poole and director of tech & operations Belito Garcia. The audacity to build. That was the theme of the third annual Community Economic Development Summit ...

Ramsey County has named Josh Olson as director of Community and Economic Development. The hiring process began in January and Olson starts on April 14. He has been serving as interim director since ...

Through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), the Shapiro Administration on Friday announced it is investing in major economic development, public safety, infrastructure, workforce ...