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 2025 Economic Development Organization (EDO) Awards recognize economic developers’ efforts toward growing their communities. Record-breaking projects and creating new pockets of ...

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council is welcoming Sean Keithly as its new community and economic development director ...

(Editor's note: Brenda Gunter is mayor of San Angelo and Michael Looney is vice president of Economic Development with the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce) The 2022 economic development season resulted ...

What Is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)? Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are private sector financial institutions that focus primarily on personal lending ...

Community development corporations (CDCs) are locally based nonprofit organizations that work to help the residents of impoverished areas to improve their quality of life. Such organizations exist in ...

Too often, economic development efforts pit communities against each other or fail to help large swaths of low-income people. How do you go about engaging in economic development that helps low-income ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Emcee Arden Santana with award recipient Kim Poole and director of tech & operations Belito Garcia ...

LAKELAND — Three city staff members were promoted Monday in a restructuring of Lakeland's Community and Economic Development department that aims to bring it to the next level. Brian Rewis was named ...

The University Center for Economic Development fosters economic development, diversification and growth throughout Nevada by making the extensive resources of the University of Nevada, Reno available ...

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 ...

This week, as I assumed the role of president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation, I have been energized by the opportunity to help chart a new course for our city’s economic future, one ...