Just released! The fourth and final package from our Working With Entrepreneurs e2 University series - Metrics & Stories.

County Economies 2015: Opportunities and Challenges, a report from the National Association of Counties (NACo), shows that six years into recovery, 93% of all counties still have not recovered to pre-Great Recession levels on all four indicators measured.

Forbes Magazine's new article, "Report Illuminates Wealth-Creation Gap Among Small Business Owners", highlights wealth building differences for minority and women entrepreneurs, based on CFED's excellent Asset and Opportunity Scorecard.

Princeton University's challenging report, Rising Morbidity and Mortality in Midlife Among White Non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century, demonstrates the negative impact that economic hard times have on well-being. The report speaks to the importance of economic development that generates opportunities and prosperity for all - why we do this work.

Check out this recent U.S.SourceLink blog post by Christina Long of CML Collective on inclusive entrepreneurship: Changing Mindsets to Affirm Entrepreneurship.

Great story about driving an economy through local foods - Local Food Fuels Rural Main Street Mojo.

New RFP to expand the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities work with African American forest owners. To learn more, click here. Deadline to apply is April 4, 2016.