Early Childhood Development As Economic Development
4 May 2020
Economic Development Week
Economic Development Week May 4-9, 2020
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As the traditional economic drivers change, leave, or dissolve, rural communities across the country
are increasingly focusing on place-based assets and placemaking practice to stimulate and sustain
economic development in their commercial districts and downtowns. As an organization focused
on commercial district revitalization, the National Main Street Center incorporates placemaking...

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...
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...