Economy
Field Notes: Coordinating Economic Disaster Recovery in Idaho
Field Notes is a series of TIP Strategies interviews with leaders across the country exploring pressing economic, workforce, and community development issues. The sharp downturn in economic activity precipitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic brought the need for...
Field Notes: ‘Dallas Thrives’ Initiative Advocates for Greater Living-Wage Attainment
Field Notes is a series of TIP Strategies interviews with leaders across the country exploring pressing economic, workforce, and community development issues. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only one in four young adults in Dallas earned a living wage. Unfortunately,...
Larimer County Acquires 1,000 Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Using TIP’s Occupational Risk Tool
As the global pandemic continues to affect communities around the world, recent access to the COVID-19 vaccine has provided a much-needed glimmer of hope for a return to normalcy. While the vaccine rollout overall has had its ups and downs, some communities have had...
Field Notes: Investing in Disconnected Young People
Disconnected young people, often referred to as opportunity youth, are the future of our economies and our workforce. We spoke to Anna Crockett, Community Development Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, to better understand the challenges facing opportunity youth, their importance to our communities, and potential investment strategies for community leaders.
To Deliver on Opportunity Zones’ Potential, Return to their Original Premise
Opportunity Zones (OZs) have been a hot topic for economic developers and investors across the country. As the largest federal economic development investment in over a decade, OZs originally excited economic developers because of their promise to deliver community benefits, but as the market has unfolded, OZs have instead been met with criticism. Shifting the narrative to focus on both economic growth and community inclusion is an important step to ensure that OZs deliver on their potential and promise to strengthen the country’s disadvantaged communities.
Feature: Geography of Jobs
