Posts by Micah Arnold
Proposed 2025 Budget Invests $100 Million in Economic Development
PITTSBURGH – At today’s Allegheny County Economic Development Authorities meeting, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC) approved several major actions to drive housing, innovation, and community development forward. The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC) assists with generation, stimulation, and management of economic and community growth. It acquires and prepares local real estate for economic…
Read MoreWorkforce Talent Hub eyeing 2025 for rollout of new initiatives
Local leadership can help Black-owned businesses overcomethe systemic hurdles in their way
Read MoreAcquiring and retaining AI and digital talent through M&A
Acquiring AI and digital talent through M&A requires a different approach. WTW offers research-based insights to help effectively transition and retain AI professionals during your M&A process.
Read MoreShut Out by the System: Why Corporate America Fails—and How Small Business Offers a Way Forward
By Joel Burstein, CEO, BEAM Collaborative Corporate America promises stability and advancement, but for many, it delivers exclusion. Older professionals laid off after decades of service. Veterans navigating the civilian job market. Mothers reentering the workforce after caregiving. Minorities sidelined by bias. Federal workers caught in political churn. Returning citizens seeking a second chance. And…
Read MoreThe tariffs are killing Pittsburgh’s small businesses
By Joel Burstein, CEO, BEAM Collaborative If Pennsylvania’s small businesses are the canary in the coal mine in gauging the effects of Trump’s trade war on our state, we should worry, because the canary is now on life support. The Trump administration’s immediate rejection of a request by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to exempt…
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