Economic and Business Development
Last month, our team had the incredible opportunity to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Indianapolis; a worldwide gathering of startup champions, ecosystem builders, policymakers, and thought leaders all working to advance entrepreneurship and innovation around the globe. From…
The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) is launching the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) update process with the Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD). During this important period, PCRD is conducting four 2-hour community engagement sessions. Three in-person sessions are…
Written by: Indraneel Kumar, Karen Ivanna Siller, Andrey Zhalnin, Ben St. Germain, and Bertin Mbongo. This article explores the skills’ characteristics of occupations by using the O*Net (Occupational Information Network) databases for the U.S. The purpose is to understand the…
May 11, 2023, will be remembered in history because the federal government declared the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in the U.S. By all means COVID-19 remains a pandemic of epic proportions in recorded history! The pandemic caused…
Written by Andrey Zhalnin and Melinda Grismer. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Census, the Hispanic or Latino1 population in Indiana almost doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 215,000 to 390,000 people. By 2020, the Latino population in Indiana…
Who Starts a Business at Age 50+? You probably think most businesses are started by people in their twenties or thirties. That was true at one time, but not anymore. The number of businesses started by entrepreneurs between ages 55…
Written by Indraneel Kumar, Andrey Zhalnin and Roberto Gallardo. As COVID-19 rates are climbing across the state and country, new restrictions have been put in place. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, these restrictions negatively impact small businesses,…
In response to the great capital needs of small businesses to remain in operation during this unprecedented pandemic, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced that SBA Express Disaster Bridge Loans are now available. This is a “grassroots”…