Terms like “creative economy” and “cultural districts” are used liberally, but often the activities of arts and cultural organizations are considered secondary to more traditional economic development initiatives. Read More

Business can be a balancing act. And for three of Detroit’s inner city CEOs, success has come with the ability to juggle two seemingly opposite forces: change and consistency. Read More

Trained as a civil engineer in his home state of Gujarat, India, Mehta moved to the United States to pursue his master’s degree and the chance to combine his engineering skills with his entrepreneurial interests. Read More

It’s a startling paradox: in the U.S., roughly 40 percent of food is thrown away before it has the chance to be sold or eaten—the equivalent of throwing away a Rose Bowl Stadium full of food every day. Read More

Chicago routinely made headlines in 2015—but not always for reasons its leaders would have hoped. Read More