by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Alabama Innovation Commission has released an incentive-heavy set of proposals to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. The recommendations from the Commission’s 2021 report include: Create two Alabama Innovation Corporation-managed seed capital...
by Darrene Hackler | Apr 12, 2021 | equitable economic development
Our recent report dug deeply into how communities are equitably engaging communities in their economic development practices. Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) are just one of the many tools and mechanisms that we highlight. The Sacramento City Council...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Nov 30, 2020 | Amazon
We last wrote about the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus about a year ago in an article, All In On Talent for Amazon. Since then, project planning has progressed rapidly despite COVID-related challenges. In October the Alexandria City Council approved the design for...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Entrepreneurs don’t believe the government is helping them” is one of the takeaways from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s 2018 State of Entrepreneurship address and survey. The survey found entrepreneurs at both startups and established firms feel the...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
California recently launched the California Business Incentives Gateway (CBIG), which is striving to bring all of California’s state and local economic development programs and incentives together in a single access point. The objective is to create an Amazon.com-type...
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