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In Search of For-profit Anchors
By Peter Eberhardt, Senior Research Analyst, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Howard Wial, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, October 2021 Although many large or otherwise influential for-profit companies make charitable donations that benefit local communities where they do business, they are ... Read More
How Local Policymakers and Practitioners Can Encourage Large Companies to Engage with Lower-Income Communities
By Peter Eberhardt, Senior Research Analyst, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Howard Wial, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2021 You are a mayor, city council member, economic development practitioner, or leader of a community foundation in a small or medium-sized ... Read More
How Large Companies Can Be Anchors for Lower-Income Communities
By Peter Eberhardt, Senior Research Analyst, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Howard Wial, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2021 You are an executive with a large company that has a facility in or near a lower-income community in a small ... Read More
Seminarios Web
ABOUT ICCC | NOMINATE & APPLY | OPENING SEMINAR | WEBINARS | INDIVIDUAL COACHING | NATIONAL CONFERENCE | FAQs 2022 El segundo pilar del programa ICCC, los Seminarios Web, son sesiones virtuales de aprendizaje que complementan y profundizan lo que los participantes aprenden en el Seminario de Apertura. Estos seminarios web están dirigidos por profesionales con experiencia y cubren temas que se adaptan a ... Read More
When Small Businesses Thrive, so Do Their Communities
Many Black business owners have faced unique challenges throughout COVID-19, but a national nonprofit and Regions Bank are collaborating to support under-resourced entrepreneurs. By Kim Borges, Vice President, Market PR Specialist, Regions Bank Location, location, location. It’s been a critical factor for a virus that hasn’t fought fairly from the start. Particularly among ... Read More