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Aaron N. Gruen of Gruen Gruen + Associates shares his 2025 Economic and Real Estate Outlook with ED Now.

IEDC's Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) program recognizes organizational excellence in the areas of internal and external operations, structures, and procedures. This series profiles recently accredited AEDOs, putting some of economic development's highest-performing organizations in the spotlight. In this edition we hear from IEDC's board secretary and treasurer Danielle Casey, CEcD, EDFP, who heads the Albuquerque (N.M.) Regional Economic Alliance.

IEDC's Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) program recognizes organizational excellence in the areas of internal and external operations, structures, and procedures. This series profiles recently accredited AEDOs, putting some of economic development's highest-performing organizations in the spotlight. This edition: Elgin (Ill.) Development Group.

IEDC's Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) program recognizes organizational excellence in the areas of internal and external operations, structures, and procedures. This series profiles recently accredited AEDOs, putting some of economic development's highest-performing organizations in the spotlight. This edition: City of Miramar (Fla.) Economic Development and Housing Department.

Everyone loves a good podcast—whether it’s true crime, self-improvement, or professional development. New shows are always popping up, and the economic development field is no exception. In the last couple of years, we’ve seen several informative economic development podcasts burst onto the scene that are worth your time if you’d like to squeeze in more professional development while commuting, making dinner, or working out. Here are five economic development podcasts that regularly publish new content to keep you informed, help you mine new ideas, and stay up to date in the field. Develop This!: Economic & Community Development Develop This! explores all things related to transformational community ...

Has your community been named a best place to live or received a similar accolade? While this recognition is always great to see, what are you doing to maximize these accolades when marketing your area?

The 2023 Survey of Rural Challenges found that rural residents were twice as likely to say that they were optimistic about their community’s future than pessimistic. The survey also uncovered big disconnects between what rural residents want and what services and assistance are commonly offered to them.

Given the ongoing labor shortage, many communities are putting efforts into attracting and retaining talent that 20 years ago would have focused exclusively on business. The latest report from IEDC’s Economic Development Research Partners program explores how EDOs are taking strategic, proactive approaches to improving the assets they have to offer this smaller pool of workers, and promoting their communities with talent marketing collateral, remote worker attraction programs, and more.