Reinventing the Local Economy Through Sustainable Urban Redevelopment

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2013 Runner Up: Over 15 years ago, North Charleston, S.C. experienced the closure of its major naval base. Today, the city has exciting new plans to revitalize its local economy and culture.

Promoting High-Impact Startups to Create a More Robust Economy

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2013 Runner Up: MassChallenge is the largest accelerator program and startup competition in the world. This post explores the program's growing impact on job creation and state revenue generation.

Freeing Entrepreneurs from Overreaching Government Regulations

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2013 Runner Up: Municipal regulations are hindering entrepreneurial growth in several major cities. A reduction in regulations has the potential to expand employment opportunities throughout regional industries, from taxicabs to home-based businesses.

A Step-By-Step Solution to Massachusetts’ Persistent Jobs Crisis

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2013 Special Recognition Awardee: A proposal to eliminate two significant legal barriers to job growth in Massachusetts: the independent contractor law and the tax on business inventories.

CropCircle Kitchen, Inc.

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2013 Special Recognition Awardee: A program encouraging aspiring culinary entrepreneurs by providing access to kitchen and culinary equipment, training and development aid.

Step-Up Achieve

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2013 Special Recognition Awardee: A public-private partnership providing workplace experience to low-income and minority youth.

Job Creation on a Budget: How Regional Industry Clusters Can Spur Job Growth, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

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2013 Special Recognition Awardee: Learn how states can support regional industry or innovation clusters, to reignite innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation in their metropolitan and rural areas, and get back on the road to prosperity.

A State-Local Partnership to Improve Public Service Outcomes

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Jim Gelbmann The Minnesota Board of Government Innovation…

Government Transparency Derivatives

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Government units from towns to states retirement systems are not required to disclose their use of derivatives. This post discusses how to create transparency through Dodd-Frank Act by including government units to also publicly disclose their derivatives.

UVA School Turnaround Specialist Program

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Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education at the University…