by GA | Apr 30, 2026 | Best practice, Book
Folks – it’s been a fantastic week promoting ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ and many thanks to everyone who’s engaged and bought the book already. I’d like to conclude this week with a focus on the very last page of the...
by GA | Apr 30, 2026 | Best practice, Book
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๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ – ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook (www.lredhandbook.com ) is structured and written as an economic developer would think about their world, their...
by GA | Apr 28, 2026 | Best practice, Book
The handbook’s website has an AI assistant, Eddie, which can be accessed by clicking on “Talk to AI” in the lower right hand side of the screen. Eddie is a RAG-based AI agent with the entire book’s contents sitting behind enquiries and...
by GA | Apr 27, 2026 | Best practice, Book, Competency, CPD, Economic Development Practice, Evidence and intelligence
Today’s the day. The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook is now available in hardback via amazon. After two years of writing โ and thirty-two years of practice behind it โ the book is out! I’ve also recorded a ten-minute video walkthrough that...
by GA | Apr 23, 2026 | Best practice, Business engagement, Competency, Enterprise
What Every Economic Development Practitioner Needs to Know About Business Finance Enterprise support is one of the most well-intentioned areas of economic development work โ and one of the most frequently misdirected. We celebrate entrepreneurship, fund business...
