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Delivering The American Dream

Take a look at recent headlines: The American Dream is Dead and Good Riddance The American Dream is Alive, But Unrecognized It’s Unfortunate We Deny Others The American Dream China Buys Big Into The...

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The End Of The World As We Know It

I was very disturbed by an article I read recently entitled “The American Dream is Over: 70 Million people Would Be Starving In The Streets Without Government Welfare Programs”. The author (Mac Salvo)...

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Quick Guide: American Dream State Performance [Infographic]

STATE BY STATE RANKING How easy is it to achieve the American Dream in your state?  This info graphic provides a quick way of assessing how residents of each state rank their ability to achieve their...

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Smart Strategies For Marketing

Giving is not an afterthought to success, but rather the foundation. To be successful is to be aligned with our unique creative expression in service to the world. Thanks to: Jeff Gitterman of Beyond...

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How To Use The American Dream Data For Community Development

If You Build It, He Will Come Field of Dreams – 1989 THE AMERICAN DREAM Every body wants it. But, without effective strategic planning communities can get in the way of people achieving their American...

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9 Questions To Evaluate An Ad (Infographic)

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5 Myths You Shouldn’t Believe About The American Dream

And so even though we still face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.  It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream. Martin Luther King Jr.   Everybody seems to think they...

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Local Histories

 A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow. Ovid Every once in awhile, a contact sends...

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Focusing On Job Growth And Attraction Will Ruin Your Community

Focus on building the best possible community.  If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear. paraphrased from Mark Cuban   Tweet: Check out these online courses for ED pros –...

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The Importance of High-Speed Internet Infrastructure to Support Start-Ups

  Experts believe that, by the year 2016, 192 million Americans will be shopping online, spending as much as $327bn between them. With this in mind, it has never been more important for businesses to...

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Impending Labor Crisis

I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out of the future of our children without taking on entitlements. Richard...

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Tired Of Not Getting What You Need From Your Agency?

A brief should never be more than a page because most ads are never more than a page, 30 second TV spot, etc. If we expect creatives to produce a succinct output, there is no excuse to produce a create...

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Are Deal Incentives Killing The Economic Development Profession?

Lawmakers are looking for a quick fix rather than dealing with the underlying issue of long-term tax reform. David Seiden, a leading authority on state and local tax – Huffington Post article The...

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Does Your Governor Deserve Your Vote For Reelection?

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt   In 36 states this year...

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Primacy of Place and The American Dream

The quality of our cities effects the cultural underpinnings of the American Dream and therefore the nature and location of the growth we choose.  They are interdependent and connected at the root by...

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We Have Lost Our Way In Economic Development

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity.  These are the choices that measure your life....

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Winning Strategies In Economic Development

In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data. W. Edwards Deming Development Counsellors International (DCI) publishes results of a survey they do every 3-years to understand how the private sector makes...

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As An Economic Developer Do You Really Want To Serve Only 2% Of Residents

Walk The Talk. Take the initiative and lead the way.  You can make a difference. Source: Successories I don’t know about you, but I would have a hard time getting out of bed every morning knowing the...

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Make The Short List In Site Selection

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight. Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of HP In the 2014 DCI Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing Report, business executives...

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I Worry About The Image of The Economic Development Profession

Your true character is revealed by the clarity of your convictions, the choices you make, and the promises you keep. Hold strongly to your principles and refuse to follow the currents of convenience....

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