Economic Development
Covering topics such as development incentives, business preservation, job creation and training and unemployment.
The cost of housing is one big barrier to family formation. But simply building more single family homes isn't the answer.
A survey found that the average Texas employee working remotely would expect a bonus of more than $11,000 if forced to return to the office full time. Nationally, workers expect a $12,188 payment to return to an office.
Fourteen organizations across the state will receive part of $2.5 million in grant funding to help former inmates get back into the workforce. Two of the organizations are based in Lowell.
Despite low-wage workers receiving the largest pay increases in most states between 2019 and last year, more than 40 percent of U.S. households still struggle to afford basic expenses, such as health care and housing.
Attractive investment returns could accompany economic development if local public pension systems join forces with angel investors to capitalize on a marketplace void.
Wage theft, which can include not paying workers minimum wage, misclassifying workers to avoid paying overtime and taking tips meant for employees, is a $50 billion problem in the U.S.
After years of consideration, the city council has voted to fund a feasibility study to create a public bank that would offer opportunities for affordable housing, green energy and wealth creation that private banks overlook.
Artificial intelligence allows teachers to create virtual reality spaces to help further their students’ education in a protected environment. Many expect to see the region’s businesses soon adopt the tech as well.
The expansion of the Deferred Retirement Option Program will allow career government workers and educators to draw pensions while continuing to work for eight to 10 years but will cost the state an additional $350 million annually.
Allowing greater building height hasn’t proved consistently successful for cities, and it's a fantasy that Washington's city center could ever resemble Paris’ stately boulevards. But perhaps it’s time to try some experimentation.
Dispensaries across the state are preparing for an influx of customers, including some from out of state, as it will be legal for any individual 21 or older to buy vapes, gummies, pre-rolled joints and edibles starting this weekend.
Maine’s ambitious broadband expansion is creating demand for more workers to hang fiber. Women are increasingly responding to the opportunity.
A trip to the birthplace of the blues is also a visit to a region soaked in the history of bigotry and the struggle for civil rights. It’s a past that we need to acknowledge and that today’s students need to learn about.
Taking downtown residential is an attractive idea. But it’s not the ultimate solution to central city decline.
Workplace and financial realities will require city leaders, property owners and lenders to take action to break the cycle and reimagine downtowns.
A 90-year-old train station will anchor a $10 billion investment in urban development that could result in as much as 18 million square feet of new commercial and residential space over the next several decades.
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