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Through generous grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, communities in several disaster-affected regions can access technical assistance using IEDC's Economic Recovery Volunteer Program (PDF). Experienced economic developers, ...

Date: March 28, 2019 Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm ET Small businesses are the backbone of any local economy, yet they often lack the financial resources to weather the impacts of man-made and natural disasters. To help small business survive these ...

This new IEDC report looks at how U.S. States and two dependent territories (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are preparing for and dealing with the economic impacts of disaster events. The report begins with an attempt to define resilience. ...

The 2018 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia included a morning forum, on October 3, on Economic Recovery from extreme weather events. The purpose of the forum was to capture and analyze the insights from economic developers in disaster-impacted ...