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C2ER 2009 Training Institute Programs - "Regional Analysis Tools and Techniques"
August 17 – 21, 2009 | Chicago, IL
View Program Outline and Register - EARLY BIRD RATES EXPIRE JULY 15TH!
C2ER Summer Webinar Series – An Overview of the 2009 C2ER "Excellence in Economic Development Research" Award Winners:
July 14th | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT) – Register Now
- Town of Leesburg: Development Activity Report "Development News" Webpage
- The Greater Houston Partnership: Houston Geographic Information System
August 11th | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EDT) – Register Now
- Valdosta State University: Land-Use Decisions for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority
- North Carolina Department of Commerce: North Carolina's Military Footprint: Current Economic Impacts and Projections for 2013
- Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce: Workforce Skills Study/Education Needs Assessment
August 12th | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT) – Register Now
- State of Maine, Office of Innovation, Department of Economic and Community Development: Maine R&D and Comprehensive Economic Development Evaluations
- Pittsburgh Regional Alliance / Pennsylvania Economic League/ Allegheny Conference on Community Development: The Economic Impact of the Oil and Gas Industry in Pennsylvania
C2ER Southeast Regional Meeting
October 1 – 2, 2009 | Concord, NC - MARK YOUR CALENDAR; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE SOON!
2009 C2ER Member Survey Results
Earlier this spring, C2ER conducted its 2009 membership survey. We heard from 199 members for a 39 percent response rate, the highest response rate in the last three years. We are encouraged by our members' attention. Although this year's survey results are similar to the 2008 results, the new survey revealed some new trends in membership characteristics.
New OECD Data Analysis Tool
For researchers seeking to compare their region with other regions around the country and the world, there is a new tool at their disposal, the OECD eXplorer. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), released this tool in March. According to the user guide, "eXplorer enables users to explore spatial, temporal and multivariate data from multiple perspectives simultaneously, to discover interesting relationships, to share their incremental discoveries with colleagues and finally to communicate selected relevant knowledge to other users." Of additional interest to researchers is that the tool is free and allows users to upload their own data to the program to perform analyses.
Workforce Innovation Network Listening Session Series
In March and June 2009, C2ER conducted a series of three listening sessions in conjunction with already planned gatherings of researchers and practitioners in Charlotte, NC, and Kansas City, MO. The meeting in Charlotte included invitees from C2ER’s network in North and South Carolina while the meetings in Kansas City included invitees from among a national group of participants attending the C2ER annual conference. Following is a summary of those sessions.
CDFA Releases its first Practitioner's Guide for Economic Development Finance
For decades, state and local governments have evolved with a wide range of development financing agencies and programs to help support and encourage economic growth. Creating effective financing programs for communities and businesses not only helps make individual projects successful, it also benefits the long-term health of a community. Many communities, however, still struggle to understand the complexity of development finance and often hesitate to implement the tools necessary to encourage development, job growth, and investment. To encourage better understanding, economic development professionals and community leaders have called for the creation of a development finance toolbox.
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