Thinking on the future of local economies.

Compass Series Because every map needs a compass. In this series, we will deep dive with the minds behind EcoMap to break down how we do what we do an...

The region's trusted point of contact for business development The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce serves as the catalyst for economic d...

A trusted institution steps into a coordination role Shippensburg University has been a fixture of South Central Pennsylvania for more than a century....

AI is reshaping local economies faster than our frameworks can keep up. The regions that thrive won’t be the ones that resist the change. They’ll be t...

Last month, I traveled to Conway, Arkansas for the state's Entrepreneur Support Organization (ESO) Summit, hosted by Conductor and Startup Junkie in p...

The Work Is Already Happening, Even If We Don't Always Call It "Ecosystem Building" Recently, I was reading a Technical.ly article about Western Maryl...

This article answers: The economy looks different from inside a business than it does from a headline. That gap between what macroeconomic data report...

I recently attended the Growth & Innovation Leaders Forum at The EDGE Incubator and Accelerator in Alabama. The event brought together people from uni...

We surveyed state commerce departments, regional innovation hubs, and ecosystem builders across the country to understand how they're using AI and wha...

Economic developers ranked workforce development as their top priority in 2025, according to the National League of Cities. At the same time, 21 milli...

America turns 250 in 2026. Right to Start is calling it America's 250th startup birthday, and they've launched “America the Entrepreneurial,” a nation...