In this episode, Dane talks with Alejandra Castillo, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and the head of the Economic Development Administration.

We discuss:

• Ms. Castillo's background and how she became the country's chief economic developer
• The Economic Development Administration and the US Commerce Department
• The Build Back Better Regional Challenge
• Supply chains
• Worker training and workforce development
• Regional, cluster-based, and place-based economic development
• Infastructure
• Building capacity at the local level
• Recovery and resiliency in your local community
• Making your community more competitive globally
• Collaboration in economic development, and who the EDA collaborates
• What the EDA is doing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

Special Guest: Alejandra Castillo.

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Links:

• U.S. Economic Development Administration
• Funding Opportunities | U.S. Economic Development Administration
• EDA And Disaster Recovery | U.S. Economic Development Administration
• U.S. Economic Development Administration Newsletter