Keeping our Local Economies Healthy
9 Tactics for Economic Developers to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses By: Tony DeLisi, Vice President Most of us did not expect a global pandemic to kick off the next economic slowdown. But...
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Survey of 100+ Economic Developers Shows Organizational Change is Top of Mind
By Marian Kansas, Consultant In our annual Economic Development Index Survey of more than 100 EDOs across the U.S., we asked, “In the past year, have there been discussions in your community about...
View ArticleEnvisioning 2030: Three Big Economic Development Priorities for the Decade Ahead
By Tony DeLisi, Vice President As we start a new decade, many communities are wondering what the future will hold. Examining the past ten years offers valuable lessons and insights into which trends...
View ArticleEds & Meds in the Transformation of Industrial Cities
By: Marian Kansas, Consultant Alan Mallach’s book The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America explores the rise and fall of America’s industrial cities. For us, it was an illuminating...
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2019 IEDC Annual Conference Recap
By: Team Avalanche Avalanche was all-in at IEDC’s 2019 Annual Conference earlier this month. We enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. (Hey everyone!) With the whole team in...
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Which 20 Metros are Gaining and Losing the Most Young Professionals? (…and...
By John Rees, Research Director During the past decade, talent has become the most important driver of economic vibrancy. Regions such as Austin and Seattle are rock star metros thanks in part to their...
View ArticleThree Newsworthy Economic Development Trends in 2019
By Marian Kansas, Consultant As the manager of The Future Of, Avalanche’s curated content website featuring new economic development articles and commentary each week, I spend a lot of time finding and...
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Workforce Development: Finding Talent in Today’s Hyper-Competitive Labor...
By Chris Engle, Principle, Avalanche Consulting This article discusses the realities and response to the labor environment seen across the U.S. today. Companies can sharpen their toolkit in...
View ArticleThe Secret Sauce
By: Amy Holloway, President and CEO Every Avalanche newsletter includes a section in which we celebrate our clients, highlighting economic development accomplishments in communities we have served....
View ArticleKnow Your Labor Shed
By John Rees, Research Director The national unemployment rate recently plunged to its lowest level in 50 years. The last time national unemployment was at its current rate, Nixon had just assumed the...
View ArticleAvalanche’s Summer Reading (and Listening, and Watching) Recs
One of Avalanche’s core values is continuous learning, which means that our team is always reading, listening, and watching media that helps us better serve our clients. We love to view stories through...
View ArticleMetrics That Make a Difference
How community assessments help foundations translate complex information into collaborative action By Noelle Salerno, Senior Consultant and John Rees, Research Director One of the most frequent...
View ArticleMaking the Case for Economic Development
By Tony DeLisi, Vice President Many economic development organizations have seen their work come under increased scrutiny in recent years, which is highlighting a critical need for improved...
View ArticleSkills, Skills, and More Skills
Why Today’s Economy is Turning Economic Developers into Skills Promoters By Chris Engle, Principal Across the country, economic developers grapple every day with the challenge of convincing people to...
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Avalanche’s ED Index Results Are In: The Battle for Talent Continues in 2019
By Jennifer Vernon and Marian Kansas The results from our 2019 Economic Development Index are in and once again, workforce availability is the leading contributor to sleepless nights among economic...
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Site Selection Trends in the Technology Industry
By Chris Engle, Principal The technology industry has become one of the most dominant drivers of the U.S. economy today, as it permeates more aspects of consumer life and business strategy. Urgency...
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Avalanche’s Top 10 Moments of 2018
By Amy Holloway, President, and Marian Kansas, Consultant This has been a year full of memory-making moments. From helping new clients kick off their first economic development strategies to witnessing...
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