By Dean Whittaker This month I had the opportunity to participate in the Mid-America Economic Development Council/Indiana Economic Development Association joint Best Practices Conference in Ft. Wayne, IN. It was a great conference, well organized, held at an...
By Jami Gibson The drivers affecting the need for commercial real estate are always changing. Especially after the recession, the landscape of the commercial real estate market shifted drastically. How are companies, today, strategizing for their spacing needs to...
By Saurav Rajbhandari Robots are taking over industries from security to health care and beyond. Scientists are even creating lookalike robots of famous personalities. In 2016, a person in China developed a lookalike of Scarlett Johansson. This may seem trivial...
By Dean Whittaker There is a season for most things. Currently, it is the season of cultivating and planting. Gardening is a great metaphor for what we do in economic development and throughout life. Much of gardening requires preparing the soil, making sure it has...
By Jami Gibson Each day, more and more baby boomers age and retire. Many communities are focused on developing and recruiting the necessary workforce to replace these retirees, but what about attracting and retaining the retirees themselves? This is an entire sector...
