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Cities as Engines of Economic Growth

This new 10-minute film features some of the world's leading experts in urban development along with city leaders from around the world. It was produced by award-winning filmmaker Babar Ahmed, and focuses on solutions to the challenges that cities face today.

Experts

 CH2M HILL OM
CH2M HILL OM
Lisa Maggart
9193 S. Jamaica St., Suite 400
Denver, CO 86112
Call: 770-883-0319

Let Freedom Ring in Every Hamlet . . .

In Honor of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. we have included three speeches by Dr. King. Listen to these and think about your own community.

 David Rettig
David Rettig
National Character Education Foundation
314 S. Main Street
Zelienople, PA 16063
Call: 724-631-0117

Preservation Assistance Grants

Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.

Dan Kowalchuk
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
58 Wyoming Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Call: 610-806-3746

Housing Counseling Training Program

Funds are available to provide, under cooperative agreements with HUD, training activities designed to improve and standardize the quality of counseling provided by housing counselors employed by participating agencies.

 John Kreiner
John Kreiner
Lorman Education Services
2510 Alpine Rd.
Eau Claire, WI
Call: 866-352-9539

Centers for Materials LIfe Cycle Safety

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications for an interdisciplinary center focused on the application of a life cycle perspective towards the development of materials.

 Greenworks Philadelphia
Greenworks Philadelphia
Greenworks
1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Call: 215-686-3495

Teacher Scholarship Program

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers.

 Smart Cities
Smart Cities
IBM
Call: 800-426-4968

Should Cities Recruit or Retain Skilled Labor?

Should cities aim economic development efforts on recruiting the highly skilled or retaining them?

President Mike Sand
Mike Sand
President
Sand Associates
3560 Green Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Call: 717-238-5558

Success in America Case Studies-Nittany Paper Mills

An analysis by the Boston Consulting Group concludes that U.S. could gain 2 to 3 million jobs through in sourcing of manufacturing jobs in the next five years.

 Empowered Custom Publishing
Empowered Custom Publishing

7249 Decatur St.
New Tripoli, PA 18066
Call: 484-707-4529

MBDA Business Center Grants

This Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) announces the anticipated availability of funding for the MBDA Business Center program, and solicits competitive applications for operators of MBDA Business Centers in three locations.

Katherine Wojcik, GPC
President
KWG Grant Consultants, LLC
3611 Mabank Lane
Bowie, MD 20715
Call: 301-312-9035

Manufacturing, Machines & Equipment Grants

The MME program supports fundamental research leading to improved manufacturing machines and equipment, and their application in manufacturing processes.

Acting Sec Austin Burke
Austin Burke
Acting Sec
DCED
Call: 717-783-1132

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