It took a contentious, four-hour meeting to cross the finish line, but the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board finally voted in favor of a multi-billion capital spending plan that will result in a new terminal at LaGuardia Airport, a redeveloped terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport and a new central bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Read More

We invite you to view the new, special issue on inner-city economic development now available in Economic Development Quarterly (EDQ), a peer-reviewed journal based at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Read More

In 2014, JPMorgan Chase & Co. launched Small Business Forward, a five-year, $30 million initiative to support small businesses by connecting them to critical resources to help them grow faster, create jobs and strengthen local economies. Read More

“We believe that everybody who wants to start a small business should be able to,” Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), told a group of entrepreneurs on April 11 at a roundtable event in Boston. Read More

The annual South by Southwest (SxSW) festival, held last month in Austin, is unquestionably a premier event for those in music, media and technology. Read More