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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Identify Potential Allies.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. However, it’s important to consider what barriers entrepreneurs of color face that may keep them from being able to benefit from investment and support resources. Living Cities’ Cities and Businesses of Color: A Guide to Economic Growth.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Starting and growing a business can prove to be a daunting endeavor within any market.

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Pennsylvania Supports Small Business with Bipartisan State Budget

American Entrepreneurship

Governor Josh Shapiro’s bipartisan budget supports programs to create vibrant downtowns and commercial corridors across PA helping small businesses. It supports main streets, downtown business districts, small businesses, and local communities across Pennsylvania.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

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Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development.

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Making Northcentral PA the Global Center for Advanced Pressed Materials

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Economic Development Administration that represents a forward-looking commitment to supercharging innovation across the nation, spurring cutting-edge technological investments, and creating 21st-century job opportunities. This achievement is part of a nationwide initiative by the U.S.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

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In fact, for every retired person in the United States, they are supported by 2.9 people supporting retirees (US Census via LDC analysis). It’s important to know that Latinos are now an economic powerhouse and if you want your company to grow you need to reach this audience. If you removed Latinos that would leave just 2.1

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