by David Ponraj | Jun 14, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 14 Building Trusted Connections – In this episode of Breaking Down Barriers, guest host Jacqui Dietrich of EIC is joined by Sarah Siders, Executive Director of Spark (Manhattan, KS), a nonprofit organization with a vision to “connect, resource,...
by David Ponraj | Jun 9, 2021 | Essentials of Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development, Leveraging Data & Technology
This blog was written by the Startup Space team and was first published by InBIA on June 9, 2021. Pandemic-Born Concepts Worth Keeping Around “You never want tragedy to lead to change, but history will show us that sometimes that’s what it takes to shake us out of our...
by David Ponraj | Jun 7, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 13 Breaking Down Barriers – Host David Ponraj is joined by Matt Wagner, Chief Program Officer at Main Street America, a network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, that share a commitment to building stronger communities...
by David Ponraj | May 24, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 12 “Small businesses are the people in our communities.” At the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED), Amanda Kelly fosters entrepreneurship in one of the country’s most impoverished regions. She leads Be Boss Online, the...
by David Ponraj | May 17, 2021 | Breaking Down Barriers
EPISODE 11 Host David Ponraj is joined by Ilana Preuss. Preuss is the author of the new book Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing (Island Press , 202 1). She explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns by supporting...
