Strengthening the manufacturing industry has been widely covered in mainstream media, largely in part to the 2017 presidential election. While these stories continue to dominate headlines, “megafactories are the exception today,” explains Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Read More

Small businesses are the backbone of urban economies: They play a critical role in creating jobs for local residents. Yet too often city leaders and economic developers are not prioritizing small businesses when allocating resources to drive growth, focusing their strategies instead on the attraction and retention of large businesses. Read More

Long gone are the days of the entrepreneurial model that relies solely on investors, seed-capital and mega-millionaires to cultivate a new business or create a new product. Enter: the part-time entrepreneur. Read More

A group of business leaders, policymakers and practitioners have set out to make the innovation economy more equitable, starting with urban manufacturing. Read More

A wave of positive economic news has hit headlines recently. Employers added 280,000 jobs in May, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics, well above the 225,000 that economists had predicted. Read More