by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 11, 2021 | equitable economic development
Metrics and public reporting are necessary for transparency and accountability to the community. Choosing the right set of indicators that can capture the long-term and multi-faceted outcomes that make a difference to people, business and place is becoming a greater...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Sep 7, 2021 | Incentive programs
Many economic development organizations (EDOs) have embraced the mission to support entrepreneurial firms in their communities. One way they do so is by providing business incentives. Our new report describes the types of state and local business incentives available...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Aug 14, 2021 | Incentive programs
Thank you to C2ER and Regan Price, Economic Development Research Intern, Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness and Smart Incentives, for the research behind this article, which was drawn from the annual update of the State Business Incentives Database. The...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Aug 4, 2021 | equitable economic development
Capital budgets and improvement plans are critical to economic development. Their spending power will also help determine the course of the recovery. “Equity in Capital Improvement Planning Processes,” is a City Budgeting for Equity and Recovery report from PFM and...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 27, 2021 | Incentive programs
We have been tracking how economic development organizations are incorporating remote work into their incentive programs since before the pandemic. Our work ramped up over the past year with an early look at methods for adjusting incentive performance agreements to...
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