Success Stories

When the pandemic first began, Americans had a renewed appreciation for the trucking industry, bringing supplies and groceries to shelves across the country. Two years later, the need for qualified, commercial truck drivers has only increased, as America faces global supply chain issues. With support from the Economic Development Administration, one grantee is helping to fill that void.

With a population of just 25,000, Rexburg, Idaho, may not be the first place you imagine when you think innovation, but don’t let its size fool you.

A spice bottle cap that pre-measures your spices. A breastmilk pasteurizer for home use. Gluten-free, wheat stem straws. A battery...

Grant County, Washington, is not where you would expect to find a port.

Best known as the nation’s most prodigious potato-producing...

The commercial production of citrus fruit generates more than $7 billion annually for California’s economy, a contribution credited with supporting...

In 2015, one of the last remaining denim mills in the United States shuttered its doors permanently, leaving 300 workers...

The Sandia Science and Technology Park (SSTP) opened its doors in 1998, transforming open desert foothills in southern Albuquerque, New Mexico, into...

Michelle Pearson’s idea for an invention came to her in a dream, but the reality of bringing her product to market proved to be a bit more challenging.

When the Food Network visited Chico, California’s Upper Crust Bakery and Eatery for a 2019 episode of its popular series “Diners, Drive-Ins...

For members of the Native Village of Napaimute — an Alaska Native tribe in Western Alaska — the forests of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta are not only the heart and hearth of their ancestral home, they are also an important contemporary fixture of the village’s economy.