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

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

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

On Wednesday, June 16, in honor and celebration of Juneteenth, the Initiative for a competitive Inner City (ICIC) and the National Business League hosted a dynamic and informative panel discussion titled, “A Frank Conversation About the Future of Black Businesses.” More than 250 participants joined the discussion moderated by Steven S. ... Read More

President-elect Biden’s Community Development Agenda By Howard Wial, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, November 2020 The development of under-resourced communities and communities of color is a moral and economic imperative.  It is a moral imperative because systemic racism and concentrated poverty impede the ability ... Read More