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Building Better Regions resource library is a repository of research findings, promising programs and practical tools to support our goal of creating inclusive and impactful economic opportunities in our communities.

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Data Tools and Toolkits

Spatial Mapping Data Tools and Datasets

Community Outreach, Governance and Coalition Building

This evolving library of equity resources provides a wide variety of health, racial, economic and economic equity spatial maps that can be used to measure disparities across the United States. Examples of explorable mapped data are Black children in poverty by the county-level, median earnings by employed adult, immigration statistics and others.

Data Tools and Toolkits, Videos and Webinars

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Economic development and wealth creation practices for ag-based and rural communities

Rural Economic Development

Communications and storytelling resources for helping your coalition to better reach its supporters and earn their buy-in

Communications and Storytelling

Enhancing entrepreneurship and small business opportunities and impact

Entrepreneurship and Business Development

Enhancing economic and entrepreneurial community development opportunities

Community Outreach

Practices and tools for developing and managing regional partnerships and coalitions

Governance and Coalition Building

Growing targeted industries (manufacturing, biotech, etc.) and their supply chains

Industry Cluster Development

Technology-based economic development resulting from public and private innovation and R&D

Innovation and Technology Development

Use of policies and planning tools to shape and direct economic strategies and programs

Policy and Planning

Successful programs and supports for upskilling and training new skilled workers with strong industry engagement

Workforce Development

Resources created by and for the Building Better Regions Community of Practice

Building Better Regions Community of Practice

Building a Cross-Sector Regional Coalition to Strengthen Ecosystem Collaboration

This brief outlines an example of the practice of building a cross-sector regional coalition to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystem collaboration. Coalition building has emerged as a key practice within the diverse toolkit of entrepreneurial ecosystem building. Specifically, this brief focuses on the Forge North story, which traces the first six years of a grassroots effort to create and sustain a regional cross-sector coalition.

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