Starting in 1950, the collapse of employment in textile manufacturing and tobacco processing nearly drove Danville, Virginia into the ground. But in the 21st Century, out-migration yielded to new businesses and new residents, leading Site Selection magazine to twice name it one of the top 10 “micropolitan cities” in America. It took hard work, good luck and one more thing: the Community Accelerator Strategy.

Learn from Danville and 21 other communities in Accelerate Your Economic Development, a discount bundle of courses in the Community Accelerator online training program. Danville is profiled in the course on Innovation: Building an Ecosystem for Growth. Produced in partnership with Economic Development Australia and the Economic Developers Association of Canada