Linking inner city businesses to strong regional clusters. Engaging anchor institutions to create shared value. Connecting inner city companies to appropriate growth capital and contracting opportunities. Supporting management education and strengthening business networks. At ICIC, we talk at length about these drivers of inner city economic development as strategies crucial for ... Read More

Watch ICIC’s CEO, Steve Grossman, explain how a new partnership with The Catholic University of America is changing the way urban business schools think about their role in the community. Read More

Bo Menkiti, CEO of The Menkiti Group, and Antwanye Ford, CEO of Enlightened, Inc., now share more than an entrepreneurial spirit and Washington D.C. as their company headquarters. Read More

“The best part about running Enlightened… is being able to make a difference in my community, make a difference with my customers and give people jobs,”Enlightened, Inc. CEO and President Antwanye Ford told ICIC in a video last fall. Read More

In 2012, Washington, D.C. decided it was time to give up its ad hoc approach to economic development. Read More