Corridor Business Journal Where do diversity, equity, and inclusion sit in workplace culture? What are the challenges with being real and authentic when living in Iowa and talking about race? Why might those who don’t consider themselves diverse become defensive? Listen as Hosts Sarika Bhakta and Anthony Arrington talk with Corridor Business Journal Editor Adam […]
The Metro Monitor measures the performance of the nation’s major metropolitan economies in three critical areas for economic development: growth, prosperity, and inclusion. Read More >
The Equitable Innovation Economies initiative is a multiyear effort led by the Pratt Center for Community Development in partnership with PolicyLink and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance to help cities pursue inclusive growth strategies to advance more equitable outcomes in their innovation and manufacturing sectors. Portland, Oregon, profiled below, is one of the four cities involved […]
Groundwork Denver is one of a handful of organizations nationwide that are using urban agriculture as a vehicle for economic opportunity in disinvested communities. In struggling neighborhoods where high unemployment, food deserts, and a dearth of green space so often go hand in hand, these organizations are braiding together strategic interventions to foster healthier, more […]
In all three cases, racially diverse cities struggling with high rates of poverty and unemployment sought to stimulate the local economy with provisions that focused on creating job opportunities for disadvantaged residents. Read More >
CEDAR RAPIDS — Four years ago, MSI Mold Builders in Cedar Rapids was struggling to find and train workers to operate its computerized vertical milling machines to make molds for plastic injection molders. Read More >
The International Monetary Fund warned the United States on Wednesday over poverty and rising inequality in the country, saying both could hold back its economic potential. Read More >
With the help of a company called Autism Workforce, the suit manufacturer has retooled everything from its employment applications to the signage on the factory floor to fit how people with autism live and think, rather than expecting them to adapt to the “neurotypical” world. Read More >
From 2000 to 2014, the percentage of lower-income metro Chicagoans grew 16 percent. Middle incomers dropped 9 percent, and upper incomers grew by 6 percent. Read More >
