http://citiesspeak.org The official blog of the National League of Cities Tue, 08 May 2012 14:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/26/the-latest-in-economic-development-4-26-2012/#comment-1400 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:51:01 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1400#comment-1400 [...] Get the last edition of “The Latest in Economic Development” here. [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2011/03/18/state-of-the-cities-in-2011-infrastructure-a-prerequisite-for-economic-success/#comment-1397 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:02:10 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=578#comment-1397 [...] in cities for potential commuters, transit cuts actually cut the throat of an expanding market in city infrastructure investment. Cities, states, provinces, nations, need to build on this potential, not kill [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/15/strengthening-sustainability-at-home-and-abroad-nlc-led-delegation-heads-to-europe/#comment-1352 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:37:45 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1344#comment-1352 [...] three additional “P’s” emerge: Patience, Passion, and Partnership. As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, sustainability can be extremely complex and often very challenging. With the right [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/09/the-latest-in-economic-development-4-9-2012/#comment-1287 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:30:25 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1318#comment-1287 [...] post: The Latest in Economic Development – 4.9.2012 « CitiesSpeak This entry is filed under Uncategorized and tagged assistance, cisco, development, facebook, [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/04/how-cities-support-entrepreneurs-and-small-businesses/#comment-1283 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:41:31 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1285#comment-1283 [...] Supporting Entrepreneurship and Small Business: A Tool Kit for Local Leaders and this corresponding blog post. Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. from → General ← NLC’s [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/02/the-latest-in-economic-development-4-2-2012/#comment-1282 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:41:13 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1266#comment-1282 [...] Get the last edition of “The Latest in Economic Development” here. [...]

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/02/16/screaming-for-housing-demolition/#comment-1279 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:27:23 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1033#comment-1279 City officials, government, and poorly advised people are more then problem then the mortgage scams. In a lot of cities like mine it is the counsels or mayors or planning and development people who can yea or nay helpful programs. I think most of it here is How to get a businesses in instead of keep people in. It seems to me they will gladly do away with a lesser area to grow an “Ideal” part of town.

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/04/how-cities-support-entrepreneurs-and-small-businesses/#comment-1262 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:07:53 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1285#comment-1262 Rebuilding the economy via revitalization of neighborhood business districts and micro business entrepreneurs

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/04/how-cities-support-entrepreneurs-and-small-businesses/#comment-1254 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:21:54 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1285#comment-1254 This Report/Tool-Kit is very timely and offers some good examples of practical things munis can do to support entrepreneurs and small businesses.

]]> http://citiesspeak.org/2012/04/02/the-state-of-the-cities-in-2012-focus-on-infrastructure-investment/#comment-1250 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:40:50 +0000 http://citiesspeak.org/?p=1249#comment-1250 [...] Focus on Infrastructure Investment Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. from → General, sustainability ← The Latest in Economic Development – 4.2.2012 No comments yet [...]

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