Cities thrive when economic opportunity benefits everyone.
New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) is a national nonprofit that equips economic, community, and government leaders with insights, innovations, capital, and localized support to ensure that economically excluded communities can lead, shape, and benefit from regional economic growth.
Featured Resources
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Tech Equity in Action (Report and Worksheets)
The Tech Equity in Action report provides best practices for inclusive tech-based economic development (TBED), emphasizing processes and outcomes that support diverse participation in the economy.
Recommended reading for: community and economic development professionals, and members of the broader tech ecosystem, such as universities, accelerators, founders, and investors.
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Catalytic Capital for BIPOC Wealth Creation
NGIN is excited to share insights on inclusive capital, revealing that racialized definitions of risk continue to restrict capital flow, the 2020 corporate financial commitments are more market corrections than transformative investments, and there is evidence of catalytic capital investments advancing BIPOC wealth that can be scaled.
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Communication Resource Guide for Inclusive Economic Development
To help regions rebuild more equitably and tackle the deep inequality that holds back inclusive growth, NGIN partnered with Partnership for Southern Equity to develop the Communication Resource Guide for Inclusive Economic Development. The guide provides a glossary of terms, complimentary resources, and supportive data to support economic development practitioners with a deeper understanding of how to activate communities towards an inclusive economy.
Exploring Economic Innovation in Exemplary Cities with LEAP
Introducing LEAP (Learn. Explore. Activate. In Place) – an innovative initiative empowering community and economic leaders. Through fully funded journeys, participants immerse in inclusive economic growth models. Experience firsthand NGIN's trip to Tulsa, OK, with delegates from Newark, NJ, in this engaging video. This work was funded through the generous contributions of Prudential Financial.
NGIN Blog
Introducing Insight Briefs
Designed as a perfect middle ground between quick blog posts and comprehensive reports, these briefs deliver thoughtful, engaging analysis that keeps you informed on the latest innovations transforming smaller cities. Our focus: showcasing how smaller cities are ideal places to pilot bold new approaches.
Check out our first Insight Brief on how housing policies can help build generational wealth.
The Cityscapes Summit
More than 400 economic and community leaders joined us at the NGIN Cityscapes Summit 2024 in Durham, NC. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this biennial event offers a unique blend of insights and strategies for inclusive economic development in Small and Midsized Cities (SMCs), along with dynamic networking opportunities.
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