Economic Development Archives - Local Business Institute

Communities Make a Nation

The economic health of America lies not in the accumulation of individual wealth but in the greater exchange of dollars in local communities...

The pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of us. Or as my father used to say about Louisiana politics, both cream and scum rise to...

We are all anxious to leave this pandemic-ridden world and return to some form of normalcy. The community of friends and commerce where our...

I know. It’s not feeling better right now but hear me out. This pandemic is forcing local business to learn new skills, find new ways of doing...