Episode 45: Economic Development as a Team Sport: Dennis Alvord on Building Regional Economies That Endure

3 days ago
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It was a real pleasure to sit down with Dennis Alvord, a nearly 30-year veteran of the federal civil service…

Special Presentation: Data-Driven Partnerships to Strengthen Workforce Readiness

3 days ago

Thanks to CREC's Allison Forbes, PhD, for joining this Monday call to share their work connecting key partners to enable…

Episode 43: Can Legacy Manufacturing Regions Reinvent Themselves? Kenan Fikri on Dynamism and Place

2 weeks ago

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kenan Fikri, Senior Fellow at the Economic Innovation Group, an economic think…

Episode 43: Turning Evidence into Action: ANL’s Alison Peoples on Building Regional Manufacturing Ecosystems

2 weeks ago

It was a pleasure to welcome Alison Peoples from Argonne National Laboratory to the podcast. Alison is a statistician and…

Roundtable Discussion: April 13, 2026

2 weeks ago

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Special Presentation: SBA Lending Opportunities for Manufacturers

3 weeks ago

Thanks to Manny Flores, President & CEO at SomerCor, for joining this past Monday call to describe the small business lending opportunities…

Special Presentation: ICIC’s Manufacturing Accelerator Program

1 month ago

Thank you to Brian Becker, MAP Program Director, and Founder and CEO of Becker Growth Strategy, for joining this past…

Special Presentation: How to Make Partnerships Last: Shared Standards and Trust

1 month ago

Thank you to Angie Donelson, Ph.D., and Jenni Moreno, for joining last Monday's call! They shared a case study detailing their…

Episode 42: Building a Manufacturing Movement That Lasts with Manufacturing Happy Hour’s Chris Luecke

1 month ago

It was a pleasure to welcome Chris Luecke to the podcast. Chris is a podcast himself, as founder and  host…