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Distressed Communities

Revitalizing distressed communities through private investment
Entrepreneurship

Supporting entrepreneurship and the growth of new business
Future of the Economy

Championing a more innovative and accessible U.S. economy

The Spaces Between Us

The Evolution of American Communities in the New Century

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The Paycheck Protection Program Needs Fundamental Improvements, Not Just More Funding

PPP was an important first step in providing emergency relief to the small business community, but its shortcomings aren’t limited to funding alone.

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New Data Foreshadow COVID-19’s Impact on Business Formation and Entrepreneurship

While the unprecedented toll the COVID-19-induced shutdowns are taking on the economy is clear in the weekly unemployment figures, the pandemic’s long-term implications for entrepreneurship are already visible in the data and shaping up to be similarly dire.

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How Congress Can Fix the Paycheck Protection Program

Congress should move quickly to enact improvements to PPP so that it better reflects the nature of the current crisis and the needs of businesses doing their best to avoid permanent closure.

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How to Rescue Main Street From Coronavirus Before It’s Too Late

A tidal wave of insolvency is about to crash on the American small business community, and Congress is running out of time to stop it.

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Mapping Hospitals and Well-being

An examination of how changes in the locations of hospitals and hospital beds relate to the underlying economic conditions of communities.

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Searching for a Heartland Revival

Examining South Bend’s economic performance compared to a peer group of 16 other cities across the industrial Heartland

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EIG Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Limit Non-Compete Agreements

EIG applauds Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) for introducing the bipartisan Workforce Mobility Act.

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EIG Launches Interactive Map Highlighting Opportunity Zone Activity

The Opportunity Zones Activity Map is an online portal highlighting some of the most innovative and impactful publicly-announced developments.

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From Managing Decline to Building the Future

Could a Heartland Visa help struggling regions?

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The Use, Abuse, and Enforceability of Non-Compete and No-Poach Agreements

A Brief Review of the Theory, Evidence, and Recent Reform Efforts

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The State of Socioeconomic Need and Community Change in Opportunity Zones

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Latest News

How 2020 Election Results Stack Up by County Economic Performance

11.06.2020

By Jimmy O’Donnell Although the results for the 2020 Presidential election are still being counted in some key swing states, a few interesting trends have emerged from the currently available data. One of these early trends has to do with the difference in the recent economic performance of counties that voted for former Vice President…

Weekly Update on COVID-19’s Impact on Business Formation and Entrepreneurship

11.05.2020

Blog, Crisis and Recovery Analysis, Data Snapshots, Research

EIG is tracking COVID-19’s impact on prospective entrepreneurial activity in the United States with weekly data on business formation provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The statistics below focus on “high-propensity” business applications, a specific subset of applications for new Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) identified by the Census Bureau as having a high likelihood of…

Michigan Voters Have a History of Voting for Change. Why Joe Biden Is Bullish in this Battleground

10.30.2020

In the News

/ Philip Elliot, TIME's The D.C. Brief

Trump spent most of 2016 in a one-way fight with Detroit’s automakers. He hammered them for moving jobs to Mexico and for shuttering iconic factories that were long linked to Detroit’s core identity. He promised in user-friendly sound bites to bring back the jobs. Michiganders rewarded him, giving Republicans a slim win in the state…

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Events

Delivering Opportunity in Indiana

11.18.2020

Join the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) and the Opportunity Investment Consortium of Indiana on Wednesday, November 18 to learn about the launch of “Delivering Opportunity,” an analytic and strategy playbook developed by EIG to help Indiana maximize the community and economic development impact of its designated Opportunity Zones. Following a...

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OZ Webinar Series: Evaluating the Impact of Opportunity Zones Investments

10.29.2020

Join the Economic Innovation Group on Thursday, October 29 to learn about the methods Opportunity Fund managers are using to screen investment opportunities for impact. Guest speakers from Catalyst Opportunity Funds and NES Financial will share details about the proprietary frameworks they currently employ to guide Opportunity Zones (OZ) investment...

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EIG Webinar | Results and Analysis: 2020 Distressed Communities Index

10.20.2020

This is a past event. View a recording of the webinar for more information. Join the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) on Tuesday, October 20th at 2:00 pm ET for a webinar on the findings from EIG’s latest Distressed Communities Index (DCI), “The Spaces Between Us: The Evolution of American Communities in...

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Empowering Entrepreneurs and Investors to Forge a More Dynamic U.S. Economy

Our Priorities

Distressed Communities

Entrepreneurship

Future of the Economy

The Spaces Between Us

The Paycheck Protection Program Needs Fundamental Improvements, Not Just More Funding

New Data Foreshadow COVID-19’s Impact on Business Formation and Entrepreneurship

How Congress Can Fix the Paycheck Protection Program

How to Rescue Main Street From Coronavirus Before It’s Too Late

Mapping Hospitals and Well-being

Searching for a Heartland Revival

EIG Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Limit Non-Compete Agreements

EIG Launches Interactive Map Highlighting Opportunity Zone Activity

From Managing Decline to Building the Future

The Use, Abuse, and Enforceability of Non-Compete and No-Poach Agreements

The State of Socioeconomic Need and Community Change in Opportunity Zones

Latest News

How 2020 Election Results Stack Up by County Economic Performance

Weekly Update on COVID-19’s Impact on Business Formation and Entrepreneurship

Michigan Voters Have a History of Voting for Change. Why Joe Biden Is Bullish in this Battleground

Events

Delivering Opportunity in Indiana

OZ Webinar Series: Evaluating the Impact of Opportunity Zones Investments

EIG Webinar | Results and Analysis: 2020 Distressed Communities Index

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