The magazine Governing, the monthly feature magazine for elected officials published by Congressional Quarterly, has a story this month about the different ways that universities can drive the economy of regions. The article focuses on the impact of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, but also delves into the growing realization that universities drive the [...]
A New York Times Magazine article by William Galston and Pietro S. Nivola makes the claim that as a country we are more divided than we have ever been: but divided by geography and therefore politics. In other words, we are more likely to live near people who are like ourselves and vote like ourselves.
A [...]
Reinvigorating the Great Lakes with GLUE
Friday, May 16, 12 noon
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works/Minnesota Power Economic Development Brown Bag
Minnesota Power Building, Room 140,
30 West Superior Street, Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the conversation.
Speakers:
Jennifer Hawkins, Senior Economic Development Analyst, Minnesota Power.
John Bennett, Regional Extension Educator, University [...]
It’s not just this region, but the entire country is starting to get worried about what’s going to happen over the next few years. Fortunately, Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin have been working for years on strategies to handle the boomer retirements.
Take a look at this Washington Post story.
“The Bottom Line of Diversity”
Tuesday, May 6, 12 noon
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works/Minnesota Power Economic Development Brown Bag
Minnesota Power Building, Room 140,
30 West Superior Street, Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the conversation.
Don’t look now, but the Twin Ports population is becoming more diverse every day. Major [...]
A team of Duluth area economic developers have worked out a deal with Visi, Inc. The company announced Thursday that construction will begin soon and be complete by next Spring.
Economic development experts are thrilled by the development because while Visi will employ only a few people at first, the services it will provide will open [...]
A new report from the Brookins Institute says that efforts to clean up the Great Lakes will have a huge economic benefits for the cities that live alongside. For Example, Duluth could see a benefit of $200 million.
See the press release here.
Or for more details straight from the Brookins Institute, read their report here.
Increasingly, in other places, college students are being see as sources of creativity and vision. Tapping into those assets isn’t easy, but it can be done. Take a look at this posting from Richard Florida’s blog about a new program at the University of Waterloo:
I pushed for this at Carnegie Mellon and written about the need to enable [...]
One of the cool things about the Knight Creative Communities Initiative is the number of ways that the work cuts across traditional political divides.
See this story from conservative NY Times columnist David Brooks, who makes the point that the United States needs to invest more in its human capital:
“If I were advising the Republican nominee, [...]
Well, there’s something about this year that is connecting our college students with the political process. At the Minnesota Caucuses Tuesday night, Precinct 10, made up almost entirely of college students (and the vast majority of those are Freshmen and a few sophomores), led the way with the highest turnout in the city of Duluth: [...]
