Big Impacts, Small Towns
4 May 2020
Economic Development Week
Economic Development Week May 4-9, 2020
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Outdoor recreation is multi-faceted and encompasses activities, events, and the businesses
that support people being active outside. Economies can be strengthened by capitalizing on
outdoor recreation for non-resident travel, entrepreneurship opportunities, and quality of life
focused workforce and business recruitment. Great Falls, Montana, is rich with outdoor recreation
opportunities and...
Investments in early childhood development (ECD) programs can have a substantial impact on economic
development and children’s future. Long-term research studies show that investments in high-quality
ECD programs can yield annual inflation-adjusted returns as high as $16 returned for every $1
invested, particularly for children from disadvantaged environments. In addition,...
Traditional blight removal programs often operate separately and in isolation from overall
economic development efforts. Although valuable, such programs gain limited impact from
their investment. Economic development and blight removal programs that work in
collaboration, especially those that include and sustain wealth building tactics over several
years, are found to...