Economic Development Archives

Modernizing the Sister City Relationship

The first known sister-city arrangement dates all the way back to the year 836 when Paderborn, Germany struck up a relationship with Le Mans, France. Records are scarce, but one wonders if local newspapers decried the waste of tax-payer money when the […]

A few weeks back, several hundred leaders from the public, private, and academic sectors descended upon Seattle to renew their commitment to building the “Cascadia Megaregion.” The broad initiative includes a more coordinated approach to economic development between British Columbia, […]