A Beckley Common Council workshop on Tuesday sparked a debate on the definition of economic development and how it relates to the more than 100-acre Pinecrest Business and Technology Park property in ...

It seems a simple task to determine the definition of economic development. But for decades, discussions about growing city and county economies have centered on job creation and what can be done to ...

FLORENCE — A work group formed as a result of a Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama study will begin working on broadening the definition of economic development.

Economic development once focused on attracting large employers, but there’s a growing recognition that entrepreneurship is just as valid a strategy. A surge in new business creation is reshaping ...

SEER aims to stimulate an exchange of information between researchers, trade unionists and people who have a special interest in the political, social and economic development of the region of eastern ...