27 Resolutions for Community Renewal (Part II)
January 15, 2021
Last week, I offered 18 of 27 New Year’s Resolutions on how you can create a vibrant local investment ecosystem. You and your neighbors can
27 New Year Resolutions for Community Renewal (Part I)
January 4, 2021
Happy New Year! If you are unsure how to fix your community after a year of COVID shutdowns, bankruptcies, deaths, and despair, I’d like to
4 Ways to Become a Local Investment Champion
January 3, 2021
If you’ve read my blogs over the past year, you understand why local investment is an essential tool for revitalizing your community. It also can
Stop Cluster-f**king Communities
November 23, 2020
Please, no! Not another economic development study on how to expand the local clusters! Haven’t we learned anything about the fragility of global dependencies from
The Case Against Dumb Localization
November 17, 2020
Congratulations, fellow localizers! Our arguments are winning! Why else would the globalization elite be going out of their way to attack us? The lead editorial
Last Week’s Big News
November 10, 2020
No, not the election. But a revolutionary change in securities law. Last week, in a 3-2 decision, the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) tweaked a
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