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🔥 Calling All Changemakers, Innovators, and Doers 🔥 NGIN is officially accepting session proposals for our flagship conference — the 2026 Cityscapes Summit — themed Igniting Innovation. Powering Economies. If your work sits at the intersection of economic growth, community impact, and innovative solutions, we want to hear from you. Why present? Taking place in New Orleans, May 18-20, Cityscapes brings together a powerful community of local and national leaders who are hungry for fresh ideas. Presenting is your chance to inspire, challenge, and shape the way cities grow. Accepted speakers will also receive complimentary registration. ⏳ Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis, and space is limited. The earlier you submit, the better! Final deadline: January 14. If you have a perspective that can help ignite innovation and power economies, we want to hear from you. Fill out the form here: https://lnkd.in/ef_5Bxkr

🔔 The Cityscapes Summit is back and heading to New Orleans, LA, May 18-20, 2026! 🔔 Cityscapes is NGIN’s premier conference for economic innovations — a national stage for redesigning local economies to expand opportunity and a gathering place for leaders committed to building vibrant, opportunity-rich communities. Presale launches December 12. In 2024, our inaugural Summit in Durham, NC brought together more than 400 leaders who explored new approaches to community wealth building, capital, and systems change. Next May, Cityscapes 2026 builds on that momentum, tackling the most urgent themes shaping opportunity today: community wealth-building, innovative investment models, the changing nature of work, technology’s growing influence, and the partnerships capable of transforming entire communities. Participants will experience the best of the city through site visits, tours, an evening celebration, a makers market, and grounding spaces, all alongside three days of innovative programming. Learn more at newgrowth.org/cityscapes #EconomicDevelopment #CommunityDevelopment #CityscapesSummit #EconomicDevelopmentConference #EconDev

🚨 Exciting news! Help us celebrate the 8 coalitions selected for NGIN’s SCALE program, chosen from hundreds of applicants nationwide through a rigorous review and interview process. These coalitions will receive coaching, peer learning, project support, capital and a fully funded learning trip to Cincinnati to explore community-led economic development best practices. Selected Cities by Track: 🪴 Community Wealth Building (CWB) Track Winston-Salem, NC | York, PA | Stockton, CA | Chattanooga, TN/South Fulton, GA (Multi-city coalition) Coalitions in the CWB track focus on cooperative businesses, land ownership strategies, small business incubation, and youth-focused spaces. Together, their work blends redevelopment, workforce training, cultural preservation, and local ownership models—all designed to keep wealth in community hands. 🏢 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Track Jackson, MS | New Orleans, LA | St. Louis, MI | Greenville, MS SCALE coalitions in the CRE strengthen business corridors, create community-owned assets, and expand Black entrepreneurship. Read more about these coalitions and the SCALE program as we celebrate their accomplishment here: https://lnkd.in/exjQug6h

[ UPDATE: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED] 🔔 Calling education, workforce, community, and entrepreneurship providers in North Carolina! 🔔 New Growth Innovation Network and its partners are studying how investments in innovations can boost regional economies without leaving local communities behind. We want to hear from you about how you—and the people you serve—could engage with and benefit from North Carolina’s Regenerative Medicine Engine (RME). It’s simple: ✅ Share your perspective in a 45-60-minute interview ✅ Receive a $50 thank-you gift card Your input will directly inform national economic development research and help ensure investments in innovation creates opportunities where they’re needed most. No medical background needed and you must be located in North Carolina to participate. #ResearchStudy #CommunityVoices #SurveyOpportunity #InnovationResearch #NorthCarolina

The next generation of economic development is taking shape in communities across the country. NGIN's new research report, The Ownership Advantage, explores innovative economic development models, including community investment vehicles, community land trusts, worker cooperatives, and employee stock ownership plans. From St. Paul to Sacramento, we're seeing more examples of how shared ownership can help residents build wealth, protect local assets, and have a greater say in their community's economic future. The findings offer important lessons: start with existing community assets, build partnerships that connect expertise and capital, and measure success by how much ownership and wealth stays local. For economic developers and community-based organizations looking for new ways to build local wealth, these models offer promising approaches to some of economic development's most persistent challenges. Explore the research: https://lnkd.in/ee4yDjb4

What would it take to move your community’s economic goals forward, and do you have the right #partnerships in place to make it happen? NGIN’s new Economic Partnership Diagnostic helps economic development, community, and city leaders answer these questions in just 10–15 minutes. Receive a personalized summary of your community’s strengths, areas for growth, and recommended next steps, along with local economic context, relevant indicators, and insights from other communities pursuing similar goals. Developed through NGIN’s work with the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Diagnostic brings together extensive research, AI-assisted analysis, and insights from our Economic Partnership Alliance program, distilling lessons from 12 months of technical assistance into a quick assessment now available to leaders nationwide. Your community’s next steps start here. 💻 Take the assessment: https://lnkd.in/e-wkZfGf #economicdevelopment