Category: Commerce
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Commerce Department’s Regional Tech Hubs – Where do they stand today?
Post by Jason Rittenberg appearing on New America To grow regional economies around the sunrise industries of the future, leaders from both parties have begun embracing new federal tech-based economic development investments. The objective of these investments is to foster tech-based growth coalitions in regions left behind by the 20th-century rise of Silicon Valley and…
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EDA disaster funding recommits to Tech Hubs approach
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has opened a funding opportunity for communities affected by disasters over the past few years. The competition includes an “industry transformation” path that borrows much from the agency’s model for the Tech Hubs, Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC), and Recompete programs: applicants propose 3-5 projects that are designed…
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Tech and the economy under the next Trump administration: Commerce
With the start of the second Trump administration two months away, the top questions I am hearing from practitioners across the country continue to be variations of: “what will the next four years hold for economic development programs?” There are no definitive answers to be had, but we can learn a lot by reviewing the…