June 3, 2021

In This Issue

Feature

You Have Less Than 96 Hours Now! – Register for the Annual Conference

Featured Event

Leadership in Research Workshop: Developing and Managing a Research Team

Data Visualization

The Cost of 1GB Mobile Data

Features

You Have Less Than 96 Hours Now! 

We Are Four Days Away From Our Conference – Have You Registered Yet?? 

This is it. After months of planning, tech runs, recording, and editing we are ready to bring you a fantastic five-day program. Building off of 2020’s virtual conference we have saved our best for 2021!

This year we have a great slate of diverse voices, live and pre-recorded sessions, fun networking, and a bunch of exhibitors to interact with.

Take a look at the agenda and get registered today! 

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The Weekly Update Takes a Break  

With the C2ER/LMI Institute Annual Conference next week. (Did we mention it’s only four days away?) There will not be a Weekly Update on June 10th. The Update will return on Thursday, June 17th.

C2ER/LMI Events

Featured Event

Leadership in Research Workshop: Developing and Managing a Research Team

June 22 & 29; July 20 & 27; August 10 & 24, 2021

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET

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C2ER Events

4 Days Till the Conference Starts!!! 

C2ER/LMII Annual Conference 

The Great Pivot: Reinvention for Recovery and Resilience 

June 7 – 11, 2021

eLearning Courses

Basic LMI Analyst eLearning

Ongoing

Anytime, Any Place

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Foundations of Economic Development Research: Introduction to Data Sources eLearning

Ongoing

Any Place, Any time

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Foundations of Economic Development Research II: Introduction to Regional Analysis Methods

Ongoing

Any Place, Any time

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News

Data Visualization

The Cost of 1GB Mobile Data

See an interesting data visual or have a report you’d like to share?

Headlines

Area Development – A Renewed Focus on Workforce Diversity  

City Journal – Free the Entrepreneurs: The Key to Post-COVID Recovery Is Lifting Restraints to New Business Creation 

Route Fifty – An Overlooked Economic Powerhouse for Small Cities 

Shelterforce – How CDFIs are Helping Small Businesses Create Good Jobs  

Site Selection Magazine – Could This Be the Dawn of the Water Belt?  

Reports

Apartment List – National Rent Report  

Arizona State University Morrison Institute for Public Policy – “Housing is Health Care”: The Impact of Supportive Housing on the Costs of Chronic Mental Illness  

Center on Education & Labor Education Policy – Training as a Path to an Equitable Post-pandemic Recovery  

National Bureau of Economic Research – The Donut Effect of Covid-19 on Cities  

ICYMI

Smart Cities Dive – Stimulus Funds Poised to Magnify Impact of Economic Development Administration’s New Equity Focus  

Washington Post – See You in 20 (or Less): Living Where Access Is Within a Short Walk or Bike Ride

Careers

Have an open position that might be of interest to C2ER members? Let us post your job listing.

Send the position title, description, and any other relevant information to William Cook.

Jobs are typically posted within 1 business day and postings remain active for 45 days if no closing date is specified.

Other Upcoming Industry Events

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Policy Summit 2021: Pathways to Economic Resilience in Our Communities

June 23 – 25, 2021

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Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives 

#ACCE21: Chamber Innovation Summit 

July 19 – 21, 2021

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