Written by Roberto Gallardo and Indraneel Kumar. Studies have found that the share of businesses less than one year old have declined by almost half between 1980 and 2015. This in turn is making the U.S. economy “old and fat“.…

Written by Roberto Gallardo and Bo Beaulieu. In a previous post, we discussed how the increase in the share of adults (25 years of age and above) with a bachelor’s degree or more over the past 48 years was not…

Economic development officials will agree: the workforce is the number one issue when it comes to creating, attracting, retaining, or expanding businesses in their communities. It has always been this way, but in the unfolding information age, it is even…

The Community Development Achievement Award is presented to a Community Development Society (CDS) member in recognition of his or her outstanding contribution to community development. The person may be recognized for teaching, research, practice, programming, administration or any combination of…