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

“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