In-Person Training
Advancing from Local to Regional and Global Strategies (and How to Fund It)
Brief Description: This 2-hour in-person training at the 2024 NAIHC Legal Symposium in Las Vegas underscores the foundational elements of economic development, including a qualified workforce/labor pool, an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the primary infrastructure necessary to support economic activities (e.g., roads, telecommunications, water/sewer, available land, and locations or space suitable for different business types), and provides strategies for developing each of these specific elements.
Workforce Development and Housing as Economic Development (incl. the role of tribal schools/colleges and partner universities/community colleges in economic development)
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Small Business Development, SBA programs, Native CDFls, and business incubators