Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB) today announced that Lima has been selected as the first community in the Bank’s new Small Towns & Small Cities initiative, a place-based community and economic development ...

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Frameworks -- Urban Regime Theory -- The Market Model -- ...

(The Center Square) – Rural activists from over a dozen small communities were recently challenged by Deb Brown, author of “Save Your Small Town,” who gave her advice bluntly: “Kill your committees.

It’s common for a city, a corporate player, or a wealthy individual to take the lead in community or neighborhood revitalization. But Van Wert, Ohio, a town of 11,000 in Northwest Ohio, is ...

Once considered the domain of urban tech hubs and university labs, makerspaces have quietly found fertile ground in rural communities. These collaborative spaces are reshaping how rural residents ...

It’s a digital gold rush as data center development sweeps through small-town America. As demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital storage surges, developers are racing to ...

AYER — The town recently welcomed Rachel “Ray” Friedlander as the town’s economic development director, bringing extensive experience in many areas, including operations management, strategic planning ...