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By RDG CEO Clint Nessmith Matt Chambers and I attended IEDC’s Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. a few weeks ago. The conference...

By RDG Senior Principal Amy Curtis In today's fast-paced global economy, economic development organizations (EDOs) and chambers create...

By RDG Director of Innovation and Research Doug Radcliff My hometown in the United States, Hendersonville, North Carolina, was recently...

Profiles in Leadership: Helen Cauthen By RDG Principal Ellie Dunavant Resource Development Group (RDG) recently completed a successful...

By RDG Principal Brent Jonas Some regions stand out as beacons of growth and prosperity, embodying vibrant economies that attract...

By RDG Principal Amy Curtis RDG started working with Monique Claiborne and Greater Portland Inc in 2022. This engagement included both a...

By RDG Principal Amy Curtis “Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.” -Kevin...

By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff “Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're...

If your corporate structure happens to be as a 501(c)6, that headline probably got your attention. In a recent POLL RDG conducted, 70% of...

First off, I hope everyone is healthy and safe right now.  This is an uncertain time for us all and the most important thing we can do is...

As EDOs look to their budgets over the next few months, determining the proper course of action will be challenging to say the least.  We...

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at IEDC’s Annual Conference in Atlanta where my role was to speak about the...

I had a rather disturbing conversation with the CEO of a major corporation this past week that sits on the board of one of our clients....

One of the biggest challenges for EDO’s is telling their story in a succinct, clear and compelling way. Not the story of the community or...

I read an article in our local paper a few weeks ago that really stuck with me.  It chronicled the dramatic disparity in relative...

RDG does a lot of work in major metros across the United States.  In fact, of the 48 metros of 1 million population or higher with a...

I just finished reading How Money Walks:  How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States and Why It Matters by Travis Brown.  It traces the...

As one of the top three thoroughbreds of all time, Secretariat was in a class by himself. In fact, no other horse has ever run 1 1/2...

Let’s face it.  Unless you are one of the lucky few organizations with more money than you know what to do with, there never seems to be...

This is an age-old question asked by many Chamber and EDO CEO’s when their investors tell them they are “cutting back”, “dropping out” or...