U.S. Census Bureau has released OnTheMap Version 4. OnTheMap is a free, web-based tool that draws data from unemployment insurance program and Census records, allowing you to track commuters, create labor shed maps, and analyze labor market demographics. Version 4 adds data …
Building on their successful Unlocking Rural Competitiveness project, Purdue Center for Regional Development has again teamed up with Indiana Business Research Center, Strategic Development Group, Rural Policy Research Institute, and EMSI on another web-based tool called Innovation in American Regions. …
According to Brookings and the National League of Cities, the fiscal outlook for local governments in 2010 and 2011 is not going to be pretty. Check out Fiscal Challenges Facing Cities for a detailed accounting of the unpleasantness. What does this …
Brian Kelsey is an Austin-based economic development consultant and former senior policy advisor at the U.S. Economic Development Administration in Washington, DC. Civic Analytics is his blog about data-driven analysis for understanding community and economic trends. Views expressed here are his own.
