Factoid of the day: WFH dipped from 17.9% in 2021 to 15.2% in 2022. Continuing at that clip, it will be 2026 when we've returned to pre-pandemic rate of 5.9%. Methinks unlikely. census.gov/newsroom/press…

Lots of interest in coaching models. What do we know about how well they work? Check our our new impact evaluation of a program in Delaware.

New pub out today: How can catalytic capital support place-based development? Case study of Cleveland. We find 3 paths: deal-level leverage, enterprise and fund-level leverage, and neighborhood-level “spinoff” leverage—and offer recs for other places. urban.org/research/publi…

Loved hearing that #CLE has one of the nation's highest levels of #CatalyticCapital investment per capita in today's Mission Investors Exchange C3 presentation by Brett Theodos Urban Institute. 💡 Read the report: urban.org/research/publi… #ImpactInvesting

Lots of interest in how economic/community dev. and climate & disaster work intersect. Check out our new research brief on evaluating EDA's role in disaster recover & resilience. urban.org/research/publi… Dan Teles Jon Schwabish Tina Stacy Dennis Alvord Assistant Secretary Alejandra Castillo (Archived)

I've always been mystified why state film incentives persist despite evidence on their lack of financial return. At least another candidate for poor return-subsidies for sport stadiums-has emotional pull. Thoughts Nathan Jensen? Matt Stevens Chris Kuo nytimes.com/2024/03/21/art…

A fun (and succinct) Q&A on place-based investing catalyticcapitalconsortium.org/place-based-in… urban.org/research/publi…

New report looking at #OpportunityZone projects in Ohio

Very important event/discussion 5/2 at 1pm ET: How do we advance race eq in gov small biz procurement in our current legal environment. Join in-person or online. Related report out then. Kresge American Cities Open Contracting Partnership HKS Government Performance Lab urban.org/events/governm…

With SBA 8a, MBDA, Houston's city program--recent court cases are changing the way state, local, & federal MWBE programs can consider race. Join us in-person or hybrid for an important discussion. Kresge American Cities Open Contracting Partnership HKS Government Performance Lab urban.org/events/governm…

Latest capital flows research out on Fresno (city & also county)! Lots of strengths but also some needs, especially in small biz & nonres investment. See the deck here: urban.org/research/publi… Kresge Foundation Kresge American Cities Kresge Social Investing Fresno County EDC Ashley Swearengin @centralvalleycf

A good time to re-up -- what does the research evidence say about how #OpportunityZones are working? urban.org/urban-wire/wha…

How do we make industrial policy investments (e.g. CHIPS, Tech Hubs) transformative for regional development? Link them w/ small biz ecosystems. Join Mon 7/29 @ 10am ET. Rochester Area Community Foundation Launch NY CenterState CEO JPMorgan Chase Foundation (& New brief out then.) urban.org/events/linking…