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The nation faces an enormous risk of losing a substantial part of the workforce, leaving many Americans on the sidelines because of a lack of...

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Automation could displace thousands of workers in Mississippi and other parts of the South unless they learn new skills, according to a report from...

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Funding Opportunities Grants for Community Economic Development Grants for Healthy PlacesGrants for Creative PlacesOther Funding...

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It feels like a decade’s worth of workplace changes have happened in 2020. With the sudden switch to remote work, many companies found...

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As countries worldwide spend with no end in sight to battle the virus, government debt has soared to levels not seen since World War II in the 1940s...

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ne of the points of controversy in Congress over the size and shape of the federal fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been whether to send...

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As an exclusive member benefit, please use the following link for access to recordings from Meet the Consultants Coast to Coast. Click here for...

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Is It/Was It a Good DealBy Burdette (Pete) Fullerton, Ph.D., CEcD MAKING THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVEEVALUATION When you, as the...

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Question: Now that states are announcing various degrees of reopening, what are communities and economic development offices doing to prepare for...

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Your SEDC staff is scouring the web looking for resources to assist fellow members in reopening their communities in the most responsible manner....

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Question: During COVID-19, if you have staff that cannot work from home, have you laid them off or are you allowing them to use vacation and/or sick...

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Question: Seeking examples of fee, bonus or commission based guidelines for economic developers who are responsible for managing and closing deals...

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