Latest posts tagged with #Econdev on Bluesky
What is Economic Development in Modern America? A Field Guide for Small Towns and Rural Places
#EconDev in 2026 looks a lot less like chasing smokestacks & a lot more like neighbors, small businesses, & local leaders quietly building places people actually want to live.
jcshepard.com/2026/03/what...
Know Thyself and Your Community
We need to better understand how our communities and the people who live there work.
medium.com/small-towns-...
#planning #data #communityengagement #econdev
© Vincent Nossek, Jared Greathouse, Pierre Mandon
📊 New study by J. Greathouse, V. Nossek & P. Mandon.
Satellite nighttime lights help measure the economic impact of conflict in #Cameroon ’s Northwest & Southwest regions, where #data are scarce.
Read the paper online: t.ly/_AMXA ✨
#EconDev #Conflict #Innovation
Rural headlines say “dying” and “disappearing,” but the map is more interesting than that.
New: a field guide walk through jobs & income data in one #rural county—layer by layer—so you can read your own hometown’s economic map, not just the headline. #EconDev
🔗 jcshepard.com/2026/03/unde...
“The Pennsylvania Wilds has a lot of small communities in its big woods. About 500,000 people total are scattered across an area the size of Massachusetts...."
— Tataboline Enos, in Proudly Made (Catamount Press, 2025)
Full quote:
medium.com/@jcshepard.a...
#OutdoorEconomy #Rural #Econdev
"Freight rail is emerging as a strategic advantage [for Kent County, Delaware] with some industrial sites coming online soon along the railway"
delawarebusinesstimes.com/insider-only... #netde #econdev
What is Economic Development in Modern America? A Field Guide for Small Towns and Rural Places
These days #econdev looks less like marketing, more like community outreach, grants, housing, infrastructure, business support, & a lot of herding cats toward shared goals.
jcshepard.com/2026/03/what...
STaR's Vice-Chair for Communications @jcshepard.com is a guest this week on Joe Barker’s Rural Strong podcast.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4pdX...
Or YouTube: youtu.be/uau5zV0xJYo?...
#smalltownrural #smalltowns #rural #planning #econdev
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Thanks to Joe Barker for inviting me to have a conversation on planning & rural development n the RuralStrong podcast.
#SmallTown #Rural #planning #econdev
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Small Towns, Big Impact: How Rural Communities Are Designing Their Own Futures
#Smalltowns don’t have to wait their turn for “real” change—they’re already designing their own futures, one block, one grant, one paint day at a time.
jcshepard.com/2025/11/smal...
#Rural #econdev #planning
The Rising Tide: Who Pays for the AI Boom by Dean Barber
Modern AI-era data centers resemble industrial fortresses. Some draw as much electricity as a small city, operating around the clock with limited flexibility....
open.substack.com/pub/barberd/...
#zoning #econdev #datacenters
National Main Street is on BlueSky at @mainstreetamerica.bsky.social
#econdev
Nebraska seems hostile to new business, jobs, & income in meddling in foreign affairs. #econdev
Deb Brown, co-founder of SaveYour.Town and passionate champion for rural communities, is Joe Barker's guest on the Rural Strong podcast this week. Check it out on your podcast host of choice.
youtu.be/ensEu1HRHok?...
#SmallTowns #Rural #econdev
"There are a lot of concerns about data centers coming into Nebraska and the amount of our natural resources that they are consuming," Sen. Ashlei Spivey said.
Spivey co-sponsored Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh's LB1111, which stems from those concerns.
www.ketv.com/article/nebr...
#econdev
🔍Zoom sur la #recherche d’I. Amedanou & K. Gomado
Comment réduire le #chômage en #Afrique ?
Cette étude (réalisée sur 18 pays) montre que les réformes économiques le peuvent, à condition de s'adapter aux réalités du pays et d'améliorer les infrastructures.
🔗 t.ly/Sqr8H
#EconDev
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Who Can Afford to Live Rural?
Small towns and rural communities used to promise cheaper homes than big cities. Now, many of those places are caught up in the same global housing squeeze.
This week's long read on the blog:
jcshepard.com/2026/02/who-...
#smalltowns #rural #housing #econdev
With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws
Leaders in at least a dozen states have targeted data centers with separate, higher electric rates.
stateline.org/2026/02/05/w...
#zoning #energy #econdev
Why Small Town EDOs Are Tracking the Wrong Numbers (And What to Measure Instead) by Katie Milton Jordan, MBA
medium.com/small-towns-...
#smalltowns #econdev #SmallTownsRealIdeas
© Vincent Nossek
📝📣 New working paper!
By V. Nossek, W. K. Bradley, F. Mortier, B. Cheville & P. Mandon.
Satellite imagery, infrastructure maps & event data help reveal living conditions and #poverty where traditional data are scarce.
🔗 t.ly/NvrG6
#EconDev #AlternativeData #CAR
Seeing a lot of pushback on renewable energy from rural residents. Nobody wants to live next door to your industrial energy facility.
#smalltown #rural #energy #econdev
Demography is Destiny… Except When It Isn’t
Kicking off Feb theme of demographics & housing. Looking at slower growth & rising diversity, immigration & aging reshaping the world, & why the rural‑urban demographic split looks so familiar.
jcshepard.com/2026/02/demo...
#population #rural #econdev
Cow cuddles and farm-churned ice cream are helping Midwest dairies thrive despite low milk prices
www.kcur.org/environment-...
@nebpublicmedia.bsky.social #smalltowns #rural #agritainment #valueaddedag #econdev #zoning
Nebraska unemployment claims spike to 5-year high after closure of Tyson beef plant.
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
@nebpublicmedia.bsky.social #econdev
Image illustrating small town entrepreneurship and small business.
The Rise of Rural Entrepreneurship: Building Economies from the Ground Up
In this week's entry for the Small Town, Real Ideas newsletter, I'm talking about economic development.
On Medium.com:
medium.com/small-towns-...
#econdev
Brian Kelsey highlights the latest US Census state-level population estimates release today on Civic Analytics: “The Carolinas shine again in latest release from Census”
open.substack.com/pub/civicana...
#population #econdev
"A smaller but still substantial increase in immigration helped offset natural loss, which grew from 80,000 to 540,000 people. This steep loss is part of a national trend of declining births and rising deaths that has been acute in non-metropolitan counties..."
#migration #econdev
How do affordable housing investments impact Arizona’s economy?
On Jan 26, Morrison Institute & Seidman Research will unveil new research on Affordable Housing Program developments. Stay tuned!
#AZHousing #AHP #EconDev #AffordableHousing
#EconDev dots to connect for Delaware this week:🚢
Hanwha Philly Shipyard & the push for US shipbuilding⚡Energy tradeoffs: #offshorewind stalls while Bloom Energy soars 🚗
Geely's search for a US site—opportunity for DE? Read the full breakdown ⤵️ open.substack.com/pub/firststa...
