Who We Are
We are a think tank for entrepreneurs, economic developers, workforce developers, educators, poverty advocates, physicists, engineers and planners.
What We Do
We create new solutions to the biggest, hardest problems facing community economies.
Work With Us
We are looking for thinkers, planners and doers to contribute to inventing the future of economic development.
“We work on the major problems facing economic development today…the stuff that most people are afraid to work on.”
– Mark Lautman
A New Algorithm
The CELab is developing a more comprehensive and rigorous planning and management process for the economic development of communities.
New Program Approaches
We develop new job creation program approaches to work in the 21st Century.
New Connections
We are working on the practical integration of job creation, workforce development, education and poverty reduction.
Artificial Intelligence
We are exploring the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence and technology on the future of state, regional and local economies.
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Physical Science Research Associates
In a box = Outside the box
Physics in a Box from PhySciRA is the difference-maker for our youth and our future economy. Learn more at our Allied Organizations page or visit physcira.com.
Amid Pandemic, Annual Economic Development ‘Basic Course’ Goes Online
By Grant Taylor, the Community Economics Laboratory Rather than cancel the perennial?New Mexico Basic Economic Development Course?in the face of COVID-19, organizers are pleased to announce the “Basic Course,” as it’s colloquially known, will be delivered online in...
Bending the Education Curve, Once COVID-19’s is Flattened
We’re flattening one curve by dutifully observing stay-at-home and social-distancing orders to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. But even when public-health orders are lifted, returning students will desperately need our collective resolve to bend another...
Think tank ponders more doing as Taylor takes reins
When economic-development thought leader Mark Lautman founded the Community Economics Laboratory in 2009, he recognized that the job-creation profession was changing and becoming more difficult.? During his 35-year career, Lautman designed and managed economy-building...
EVENT: October 2018 Think Tank Charrette – “Embracing the Wickedness”
The Community Economics Laboratory and Collective Intelligence Group will convene a three-day Charrette held October 8-10 at Dekker Perich Sabatini, located in Albuquerque, NM at 7601 Jefferson NE, 87109. The theme for this Charrette is “Embracing the wickedness:...
PRESS RELEASE: COUNCIL DETERMINES NEW MEXICO NEEDS TO CREATE 140,000 NEW ECONOMIC BASE JOBS BY 2024
PRESS RELEASE CONTACTS: Rep. Don Tripp, Speaker of the House 575-838-7064 | trippsdon@netscape.net Sen. Mary Kay Papen, President Pro Tem 575.649.7853 | marykaypapen@comcast.net Mark Lautman, The CELab 505.818.8218 | mark@marklautman.com...
PRESS RELEASE: NMJC TO UNVEIL NUMBER OF JOBS NEEDED BY STATE
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Mark Lautman, The CELab 505.818.8218 | mark@marklautman.com Rep. Don Tripp, Speaker of the House 575-838-7064 | trippsdon@netscape.net Sen. Mary Kay Papen, President Pro Tem 575.649.0325 | marykaypapen@comcast.net...
Creating Economic Base Jobs: A Strategic Planning Process
In an economic contraction scenario, lost economic base jobs trigger cascading losses in service jobs, thereby diminishing the net worth of local residents and businesses and eroding the tax base.
Daily Local News – Summit looks at workforce issues facing county businesses
EAST WHITELAND >> Chester County business and education officials met Wednesday and did their best impression of a mutual fund manager. “Past performance is no guarantee of future success,” said David M. Sciocchetti of the Chester County Economic...
