Partner Events

The Entrepreneurship Workshop program will offer workshops once a month beginning February 5th and meeting every other Friday through April 16th.  Between the workshops there will be one-on-one mentoring sessions to help reinforce the concepts presented to help support implementation of the topics. This program is being subsidized by the City of Long Beach so is [...]

Date: April 6, 2021 Time:  2:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET Price:  Free Registration Deadline: April 6 at 12:30 pm ET Questions? Please contact webinar@iedconline.org   Are you faced with ethical dilemmas in your professional life? Do you have the tools to deal with ethical issues? Economic developers regularly encounter situations that require sound judgment and [...]

Overview of the programs the SBA is administering related to provisions in the Economic Aid Act About this Event Provides a general overview of the programs the SBA is administering related to provisions in the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the Economic Aid Act).

Small businesses in your community have suffered for over a year. National Small Business Week is coming up the first week of May and it's a great time for you to show your local small businesses the love they deserve. There is still enough time to prepare fun events, programs, and announcements so your EDO [...]

Join this webinar to learn about innovative on-the-ground projects where local governments are forging new solutions to improve access for residents. Cole Przybyla, Director of Innovation and Business Assistance, Tuolumne County Jacki Bacharach, Executive Director, South Bay Cities Council of Governments Eduardo Gonzalez, Interim Executive Director, Office of Community and Economic Development, California State University, [...]

Date: April 8, 2021 Time:  2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ET Price:  Free Registration Deadline: April 8 at 12:30 pm ET Questions? Please contact webinar@iedconline.org Learn best practices from international EDO's and international experts regarding successful entrepreneurial ecosystems, strategies, and initiatives for developing and expanding local and international entrepreneurs. During this session you will be able [...]

Session Description: Minority small-business owners and community lenders, some of whom described how they were surviving the COVID-19 pandemic in a Fed Communities story series, will share their experiences. During this session, panelists will ponder the following questions: Where are they now? What do they need going forward? Who can and should help? What’s at [...]

Last week, the Biden administration released high-level details about their next major legislative initiative: the American Jobs Plan. The proposal calls for massive investments in infrastructure, housing, broadband, energy, workforce and manufacturing, with significant focuses on climate and equity concerns.  The plan will require additional taxes to pay for it, as well. What does the [...]

Join us for a discussion centering around what small businesses have learned during the pandemic. About this Event After facing an unexpected year, we've all learned about what it means to be resilient, and this is especially true of small businesses. We've shifted, realigned, pivoted and re-birthed our companies to survive the pandemic. And, in [...]

A massive source of new jobs is quietly being created across the country now, but the big boom will be felt in the coming months. Yet many economic developers don't even know about the opportunity, so they can't take advantage of it. The answer is found in obscure and confusing federal business data that - [...]