Regenerative farms rely on small-to-mid scale, aligned infrastructure to process, transport, and market their products. These middle infrastructure businesses help to improve farm income and bolster regional food economies while providing...

Tulsa Remote, one of the nation’s first and largest remote worker relocation initiatives, has brought more than 1,200 remote workers to the city since 2018 by offering a $10,000 grant and additional support services to eligible workers who move to...

This piece from the Urban Institute examines how the students, parents, community organizers, and local leaders in Camden, NJ, Perry County, KY, and Hayward, CA are using data to make their communities better for themselves, for their neighbors, and...

CALED knows from its work supporting economic development throughout California that infrastructure financing is a challenge for many rural communities. CALED collaborated with CDFA to develop this guidebook to meet the need for a resource to help...

Innovation Districts are creative urban ecosystems in which city leaders, start-ups, established firms, institutions, skilled workers, and entrepreneurs converge to capitalize upon new ideas and technological breakthroughs. Innovation districts are...

Cities incubate creativity and serve as labs for innovative ideas and policies. The concept of an Innovation District is one such idea. These districts are creative, energy-laden ecosystems that focus on building partnerships across sectors.

This webinar by the EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) discusses the Regional Innovation Strategies Program competition to spur innovation capacity-building activities in regions across the nation.

Greg Daniels with Squire Patton Boggs explains the how to support seed, angel and venture capital locally with public and private dollars. He uses Ohio Capital Fund as an example and how the finance is structured.

The annual report and strategic plan provides JobsOhio’s framework for executing the mission to drive job creation, new capital investment, and economic growth in Ohio.

The Appalachian Regional Commission commissioned this report to examine innovative projects that demonstrate benefits to rural and underserved communities. The case studies encompass energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and local food systems.

The final webinar in the four-part SSBCI Webinar series provides an update on the SSBCI Coalition, overview of how states have worked with CDFIs to increase investment, strategies to promoting rural development and investing in distressed...

This report published by Urban Sustainability Directors Network, is a guidance document for cities to develop investment strategies to increase innovations in their local food systems. The project includes asset inventory, tools and strategies, and...

This report provides an in depth look at the biotechnology field in Texas including a state profile of companies, business incentive programs, CPRIT, biotech workforce, concentrations, research centers, and much more.

The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is overviewed in this document from the state. The overview provides the basics and examples of three award programs: commercialization, grant matching, and research superiority acquisition of talent.

The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) released this report examining trends and programs aimed at catalyzing technology investment across the nation.

Devashree Saha and Mark Muro at Brookings make the case for congress to authorize the build-out of a national network of innovation hubs, expanding on the programs already administered by the Department of Energy and Department of Commerce.

SRI International released an in-depth report aimed at measuring the impact Ohio has made on its innovation economy as a result of state investment in techonology-based economic development programs.

Toby Rittner, President & CEO Council of Development Finance Agencies, discusses CDFA, development finance trends, best practices, case studies, and a wide variety of development finance programs.

Skip Simms of Ann Arbor SPARK discusses Michigan's SmartZones, including the Pre-Seed Capital Fund and Micro Loans.

Ohio's Edison Technology Incubators and the programs offered through the Braintree Business Development Center are discussed by Barrett Thomas from Braintree.

Stephen Auvil of Maryland Technology Development Corporation reviews the entity's programs to support innovation throughout the state.

This report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association covers the angel and venture capital activity in the state for 2011, including funds and investments supported by state and local development organizations.

This is the investment portfolio for Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Fund, which is a program of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The portfolio provides a brief overview of the fund and more detailed descriptions of invested companies.

This report from the Center for Entrepreneurship at the OSU Fisher College of Business tracks, in partnership with state and regional partners, venture capital investment activity in the state of Ohio.

Ohio bioscience, which is supported by federal programs, the Ohio Third Frontier, and private investment, grew significantly in 2010, according to this report published by BioOhio.

The Memphis Research Consortium produced this brochure overviewing the organization, which uses state (and now Treasury SSBCI) funds to encourage innovation, investment, research, and economic development. Items in the publication include...

Richard A. Bendis of Innovation America presented these profiles and comparisons of innovation finance programs and models. These slides are part of a larger presentation on innovation clusters. Many different financing models and sources are noted.

This presentation from the Ohio Third Frontier provides a detailed review of the entity's financial performance and economic impact. The future of the Ohio Third Frontier is also addressed, and this portion includes discussions of JobsOhio, new...

The 2010 Community Report was published by the JumpStart Entrepreneurial Network, which brings together state-funded incubators, investment groups, and others to encourage tech-related companies in northeast Ohio. JumpStart has received national...

The Innovation Finance Reference Guide explores the growing seed, venture capital and angel investment industry. Written by Robert Heard of Cimarron Capital Partners and Jim Troxel of Development Capital Networks, this guide gives development...

Cliff Smith of RAIN Source Capital presents a case study of a network of 23 angel funds.

This presentation given by the Ohio Business Roundtable quantifies the benefits of the Ohio Third Frontier Program and its contributions to the Ohio economy by evaluating tax revenues and investment return, the economic impact, company creation,...

This report by SRI International and the Georgia Institute of Technology's Enterprise Innovation Institute at the request of the Ohio Department of Development looks at the Third Frontier Program, which was created in 2002 to foster technology-based...

The Oklahoma Capital Investment Board (OCIB) is the State of Oklahoma's institution for building the private venture capital industry in the state. This report looks at the impact the OCIB has had in terms of leveraging private dollars and the total...

Mark Huston of Cimarron Capital Partners gives an overview of seed and venture funds in this presentation, including the creation of fund of funds in Oklahoma and Iowa.

Antonio Hunter from the District of Columbia's Department of Small and Local Business Development discusses their access to capital programs including a micro-loan fund and the creation of the Banking Partnership Alliance in this presentation.

Deborah Nifong gives an overview of the programs and financing options available through the Pennsylvania Technology Investment Office.

John Sider with Pennsylvania's Technology Investment offers this presentation giving an overview of the state's technology and venture programs.

Devon Sauzek's presentation about the Oklahoma Capital Investment Board (OCIB) provides an overview of the venture capital industry, the agency's structure, use of tax credits and its mission. The presentation further illustrates the OCIB model.

Sue Strommer, President & CEO, discusses the importance of state venture capital, what states have state venture capital and how it can be grown.

The purpose of this report was to examine innovative institutions that are making venture capital investments in rural places across the country and develop lessons learned from these institutions that might be applied in other areas. This paper...

Rural entrepreneurs are at a disadvantage when seeking venture capital, because typical venture firms tend to seek investments in higher conglomerated areas. The article looks and the Community Development Venture Capital (CDVC) as a form of...