Restore Your Economy

IEDC RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

Looking Across our Borders: How Other Countries are Opening for Business

Essential Businesses and Returning to Work

COVID-19 Reopening Resources

IEDC WEBINARS

IEDC has been hosting COVID-19 Webinars since late March, some of which have focused particularly on reopening. 

• Webinar Recap: Future Scenarios, Near-Term and Far- Three nationally recognized economists, Chris Chmura, Betsey Stevenson, and Susan Helper share their predictions for the future. 
• A Ten-Point Action Plan for Economic Developers - Richard Florida and Steven Pedigo outlay their plan for bringing communities back, which is also included as an article on this site. 

PEER RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

• Implementing a National Return-to-Work-Plan - A letter from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to their members with thoughts across three sectors. 
• States' Phased Reopening Plans by Start Date - Governing Magazine's up to date state map charting reopening. 
• From Products to Places - In "The New Localism" Bruce Katz and colleagues outline the geographic component of business recover.
• COVID-19 National Business Resources - Golden Shovel Agency 

PEER WEBINARS

• Path Forward - Navigating the Return to Work - A weekly series from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Brookings: COVID-19 and the economy
• The Economic Implications of COVID-19: A webinar series from the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance
• Main Street America: Recorded webinars
• SEDC: Impacts of Coronavirus on Economic Development
• ITIF: Building E-Government Services to Perform in the Next National Emergency
• ITIF: Will Telehealth Still Be Available After the Pandemic Is Over
• MIT: COVID-19, Climate, and the Clean Economy: Gigatrends Changing the World
• Western Governors Association: COVID-19 Economic Impacts and Mitigation in Rural Communities