News
The Rural Development Center prepares a monthly newsletter for the Economic Development Community on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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September 2000
Incubators Revisited
Attract Companies-- School-To-Work Programs For Skilled Labor
1998 Manufacturing Workers Almost 17 Million
1999 State And County Population Estimates
Electronic Shopping And Mail-Order For Computer Hardware And Software Sales
1994-1998 Hispanics Voters Up
August 2000
House Bill Would Create New Office Within Eda
California, Texas And Florida Big Gains In Voting-Age Population
43 Million People Moved Between 1998 And 1999
African Americans Defy Trend Of Plunging Voter Turnout
Los Angeles County, Calif., And Harris County, Texas, Biggest Job Gainers
July 2000
Poll: Most Of Us Have Computer Access
1998 U.S. Businesses Invested Record $974 Billion In Capital Goods
Service Industries -- New Economy's Biggest Job Generator
Self-Employment Booming In The Rural Northeast
U.S. Families
June 2000
Federal Domestic Spending Up 4 Percent In 1999:
U.S. Businesses 1998 Capital Goods Investment $974 Billion:
1 In 5 Of Asians/Pacific Islanders College Educated:
How Internet May Change Daily Life:
Record International Travelers To U.S.:
May 2000
New Report: The Future Of Small Business :
Playing The New Economy:
Attention: Socioeconomic Data Users:
Foundation Information:
Best States For Start-Ups:
National Poll Gives Prosperity Credit To Private Sector:
April 2000
Main Street And The Nation's Economic Boom:
Profile Of Nation's Latino Groups:
Profile Of The Nation's Women:
March 2000
Doubling Of Nation's Population By 2100:
American Moving Rate Declines:
African American Profile:
$300 Billion Transportation And Warehousing Industries Revenues:
$ 2 Billion Finance And Insurance Industries Revenue:
Web Passes One Billion Documents:
February 2000
Maryland Wants First State Technology Court
1977 Nation's Businesses Shipped $7 Trillion:
West And South Fastest-Growing Regions:
"Other" Services Businesses Are Big Business
January 2000
A Century of Change: America, 1900-1999:
Out of Wedlock First Births Triple Since 1930s:
US Businesses Ship $7 Trillion In Goods In 1997:
Survey Finds Satisfaction with Government:
Selected Service Businesses Revenue $3 Trillion:
Communications Revenues Near $390 Billion:
December 1999
Government Help Boosts Farm Income:
Sprawl Report:
Rural Poverty:
United States Entrepreneurship:
Local Impacts Of Global Policy:
Targeting Specific Sectors:
One To One Marketing:
What Is The World Trade Organization?
WTO Trade Groups:
WTO Under Fire:
November 1999
Customized Business Profiles on Census Bureau Compact Discs:
U.S. Information Industries Generate $623 Billion:
Computer Use Up As One In Five Uses Internet:
Recipients of Government Assistance 1993-94:
People Like Where They Live:
Increase Of 1 Million Uninsured People:
October 1999
Maryland Residents Reluctant to Give?:
Household Income at Record High; Poverty Declines in 1998:
State & County Racial and Ethnic Population Changes:
Downpayment & Closing Cost Help Converts Renters to Owners:
Census Bureau Updates Zip Code Area Business Data:
September 1999
Md Economic Development Web Site:
Of Economic Development Interest:
Singerman Leaving EDA For State Of Maryland:
States And The New Information Economy:
State/Local Government Employment Up In 1998:
California & New York 25% Educational Services:
August 1999
Micro-Lending Lessons:
CDFI Directory Funding Sources:
Farm Reform Policy:
Farm Emergency Loan Portfolio:
American Farm Bureau On Drought Policy:
Resources For Women- All Entrepreneurs:
Most Asians And Pacific Islanders H.S. Grads:
In 1995 Twenty Percent Had Unmet Needs:
July 1999
EDA Backs Technology-Based Economic Development Projects:
Governors On State Technology Policies:
Census Launches American Factfinder:
Economic Census Construction Reports:
Elementary And Hs Students Near Baby Boom:
Industrial And Occupational Trends:
Over 5 Million Children Live With Grandparents:
June 1999
Regional Socioeconomic Data:
Federal Reserve Help:
States' Stats:
Virtual Venture Fair:
One In Three Custodial Parents Without Child Support Are Poor:
U.S. Population Growth Rate Remains Stable:
May 1999
Profile Of Rural America:
RDOS Make Things Happen In Rural America:
U.S. Capital Goods Business Investment
1998 Federal Domestic Spending At $1.5 Trillion:
State Government Tax Collection Up 7 Percent:
April 1999
U.S. Department Of Commerce:
PBS Feature On Microcredit:
Sustainable Economic Development:
Myth Of The Rural Skills Gap:
1997 Economic Census New Business Classification System:
Fast Grwoth Southern, Western And Predominantly Metropolitan:
State/Local Spending $1.4 Trillion:
March 1999
EDA Reports On Micro Enterprise Development:
Study Tallies Global Stats For Park Development:
SBIR Opens Online Resource Center:
U.S. Poverty Varies By State:
February 1999
Valentine's Day:
African American History Month Facts:
January 1999
U.S. Southern Economy:
What Makes A Good Downtown?
U.S. Population Surpasses 271 Million As 1999 Begins:
Population Profile Of The Nation:
Higher Education Means More Money:
Growth In U.S. Single Fathers Outpaces Growth In Single Mothers:
U.S. Business Shipments Surpass $7 Trillion In 1997:
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