Areas of Expertise

Whether your organization is a private business or public entity, large or small, we provide customized research to fit your needs.  Our staff brings expertise from diverse fields in urban planning, economic development, economic theory and applied research to create analyses for various needs in diverse industries and settings.  Our research has helped our clients to make future businesses decisions, demonstrate value to investors and communities, and inform public policy decisions.

Economic Growth and Strategic Development:

Identify industry and employment trends, the economic impacts of changes in these trends. Also perform workforce analyses to identify local workforce characteristics and applications for local development initiatives. Examine the economic and fiscal impacts of business relocation from or to a particular area. Consider the effects of public policy aimed at business creation and retention. Assess the impacts of residential development.   Learn more.

Taxes, Budget and Finance:

Guide public policy regarding tax structure, revenues and budgets. Provide economic forecasts and budget projections. Identify the costs and benefits to local communities of construction and expansion projects, redevelopment, that use public funds. Examine tax levies and funding for public services. Learn more.

Education and Health Care:

Project public school enrollment and estimate the impacts of education related public policy. Quantify the impact of the health care industry as an employer, including jobs, earnings and tax revenues. Demonstrate the benefits to communities of a local health care provider, as well as the impacts of increasing the region’s visibility as a leader in research and provider of specialized expertise for out-of-town patients. Learn more.

Neighborhood and Community Development:

Assess the potential for residential, commercial and/or retail developments in individual neighborhoods and communities and identify types of developments that should be targeted for attraction.  Quantify the potential impacts on surrounding areas of development and expansion. Learn more.

Wastewater and Environment:

Examine the costs of benefits of water pollution abatement, sewer construction and improvement projects. Evaluate the impacts and affordability of implementing national standards for sewer improvements. Assess costs and benefits of brownfield redevelopments. Evaluation the economic impacts of the sanitation industry. Learn more.

Transportation:

Illustrate economic impacts of transportation related projects, including road and highway expansion, air travel, rail, buses and other modes. Quantify impacts of transportation as an industry on area employment, earnings and local businesses. Learn more.

Arts, Entertainment, and Culture:

Illustrate the economic and educational significance of cultural institutions and events. Quantify the impacts on tourism and describe how these institutions augment the local area’s visibility, quality of life and potential desirability as a location for business. Learn more.