C2ER Quarterly – 2024 Fall Edition🍂

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2024 – Fall Edition
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In This Issue:
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  • BEA Stopped Producing County Employment Data by Industry to Everyone’s Detriment
  • Become a COLI Data Collector
  • Events and Training
  • Research and News from our Members
  • C2ER Welcomes New and Renewed Members
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LEARN
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BEA Stopped Producing County Employment Data by Industry to Everyone’s Detriment
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Over the past two decades, BEA has sought to engage with local economic data users, providing insights about the GDP at the state and county level. These data have allowed local leaders to understand their gig economy and entrepreneurial behavior through measures of self-employment as well as offering an understanding of which sectors rely most on self-employed workers. However, the BEA recently stopped collecting this vital data. Ken Poole, Executive Director of C2ER, wrote some thoughts on what this means for your community. Read the full post here.
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Become a COLI Data Collector
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Become a COLI Data Collector
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Are you looking to make a positive impact in your community? Collect local data for the Cost of Living Index! Your volunteer effort will help people and businesses understand why they should relocate to your region, and much more.

Click on the below video for more information, then reach out to Tyler Baines at tbaines@crec.net to get started.
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Events
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Data User Insights Roundtable: Creating WINning Data Products with the Workforce Innovation Network 

January 30, 2025

2:00 – 3:00 PM ET

Online Only
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65th C2ER + LMI Institute Annual Conference

Sacramento, CA

May 28 – 30, 2025

With optional training sessions May 27, 2025
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eLearning Courses
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Foundations of Economic Development Research I:

Introduction to Data Sources

This three-hour self-paced eLearning course prepares novice economic development researchers to successfully guide regional development decisions through high-quality data. Completing this course will lay the groundwork for developing a regional economic profile, performing labor market analysis, conducting competitive market intelligence research, applying Census data to researching local employment, and presenting research findings.

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Foundations of Economic Development Research II:

Introduction to Regional Analysis Methods

This three-hour, video-based course, the second of the Foundations of Economic Development Research eLearning program, provides novice economic developers and researchers with a practical introduction to research methods, models, and tools to support state and regional economic development strategies. Course exercises demonstrate and reinforce the basic analytical skills needed to address real-world questions that policymakers and practitioners encounter.

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RESEARCH
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Research/News From Our Members
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Ann Arbor SPARK – Ann Arbor SPARK Announces Start of Funding for Infrastructure Projects in Livingston County

Baton Rouge Area Chamber – See the Program Turning Local High Schoolers Into Business Owners

Business Oregon – Business Oregon Opens Applications for Venture Fund Program

Georgia Department of Economic Development – Automotive Supplier Invests $11.2 Million in Toombs County

Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce – Transforming Manufacturing: OKC FAME Students Shape the Future of Local Manufacturing

Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance – Currie Medical Inc. to Expand Operations in Norfolk

Kansas Department of Commerce – Applications to Open for $451.7M Internet Initiative

Mississippi Development Authority – Superior Optical Lab Expanding Operations in Jackson County

Smart Incentives – State Incentives Support US Apprenticeship Growth
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CONNECT
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New and Renewing C2ER Members
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C2ER would like to thank and welcome our new and renewed members from the past quarter! We look forward to bringing you the tools, data, and training you need to make your job easier, help you develop professionally, and empower your region’s prosperity. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any suggestions or feedback.
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New Members
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  • Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County
  • CR Holland
  • ENGINEVA
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  • Accenture
  • Central SC Alliance
  • Hays Caldwell Economic Development Partnership
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Renewing Members
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  • AdvanceCT
  • Alabama Industrial Development Training
  • Alabama Power Company
  • American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
  • Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Baton Rouge Area Chamber
  • Black Hawk Economic Development, Inc.
  • Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Bowling Green State University
  • Business Oregon
  • Camoin Associates
  • Career Source Northeast Florida
  • Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville-Madison County
  • Chattanooga Chamber Foundation Inc.
  • City of El Paso – Economic Development
  • Clarity Financial Inc.
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  • COE LMR – Los Rios Community College District
  • Colliers International
  • Danville Office of Economic Development
  • Deloitte Tax LLP
  • Development Counsellors International
  • Economic Development Commission of Florida Spacecoast
  • Economic Development Corporation of Utah
  • ECONorthwest
  • Electric Cities of Georgia
  • Florida Power & Light Company
  • Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
  • Greater Memphis Chamber
  • Greater Phoenix Economic Council
  • Greenville Area Development Corporation
  • Harlingen Economic Development Corporation
  • Honda Innovations, Inc.
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  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 520
  • Invest Buffalo Niagara
  • Iowa Economic Development Authority
  • Jackson Chamber
  • JAXUSA Partnership
  • JobsOhio
  • Kansas City Area Development Council
  • Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
  • Knoxville Chamber
  • Lehigh Valley Economic Development
  • Leyton USA
  • Magna International
  • Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Maryland Dept of Commerce
  • McGrath North Mullin & Kratz PC LLO
  • Minot Area Chamber EDC
  • Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Nebraska Dept of Economic Development
  • Nederveld, Inc.
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  • New York State Department of Economic Development
  • North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  • Northern Virginia Community College
  • Northwest Arkansas Council
  • Odessa Chamber of Commerce
  • ODU – Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy
  • Prince William County Department of Economic Development
  • Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
  • Site Selection Group
  • South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development
  • Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality
  • Tampa Bay Partnership
  • Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Texas Economic Development & Tourism
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Workforce Solutions Borderplex
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