Economic development news

Richelle was recently inteviewed by The Futurist for a piece about agricultural R&D and farming practices in Africa. Here's and excerpt: "And there is much room for improvement, according to Richelle Matthews, an associate with the Praxis Strategy Group, whose initiatives include working with farmers in Ghana. Many farmers in Africa’s underdeveloped parts unknowingly undermine their own productivity by using the wrong pesticides or fertilizers, for example, or by relying on outdated method…READ MORE >

The Wall Street Journal featured an excerpt from our recent report on the Great Lakes Region.The excerpt comes from another piece at The American featuring some of our migration analysis of cities in the region, titled "Right in the Middle: The Midwest’s Growth Lessons for America." The piece ran in the April 26th edition of the Wall Street Journal.  The report was also featured on RealClearPolicy.com, as sister site of RealClearPolitics. …READ MORE >

We're organizing the Red River Valley Research Corridor's  Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Action Summit 2012 May 22-23 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This is the 6th UAS Summit since 2006 and the 22 Action Summit the Research Corridor has hosted since 2004. Our Action Summits are organized to create new technology partnerships for businesses and universities and build new trade linkages for regional economies. This year’s UAS Summit, “From …READ MORE >