Maine is embarking on a new way of thinking about economic development: “It’s a culture shock. It’s a restart and you couldn’t ask to do it at a better time, given the national and state economy…I’ve been in economic development …
The debate rages on. What’s the scholarly equivalent of a cage match? Here’s the main event I’d like to see: Richard “Creative Destruction” Florida and William “Master of Suburban Disaster” Frey vs. Joel “The American Dream” Kotkin and Wendell “Crazy …
The U.S. Census Bureau today released July 2008 population estimates for U.S. cities. Here are the top ten fastest growing cities (in numeric change) between July 2007 and July 2008. Change is noted in parentheses: 1. New York (53,498) 2. …
Brian Kelsey is an Austin-based economic development consultant and former senior policy advisor at the U.S. Economic Development Administration in Washington, DC. Civic Analytics is his blog about data-driven analysis for understanding community and economic trends. Views expressed here are his own.
