Helping Communities Shine

Whether researching and implementing ways to shape a community's economic development plan or partnering to create ways to put people to work, CREC connects researchers and policymakers with:

• Data training
• Custom portfolios that aid regional competitiveness

Project Profile

Integrate Web-Based Portal for Aerospace and Defense Companies

Texas Foundation for Innovative Community
Start Date: Nov 2018 — End Date: Oct 2019

CREC provided a web-based portal to access aerospace and defense company information for firms in the state’s supply chain. The database integrated an SQL-based company database with GIS-coded addresses. The data were provided to key stakeholders working with A&D manufacturing firms and included a dashboard and simple GIS mapping tool with interactive maps and data visualizations.

About the Client

Texas Foundation for Innovative Community

ACCELERATING TEXAS INNOVATION, COMPETITIVENESS, AND JOBS GROWTH The Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities (TFIC) is an independent, non-partisan organization focused on identifying, advancing, and deploying the world’s best practices and policies for strategic economic growth, focused on high-performance innovation ecosystems. Economic growth is the most powerful tool for reducing poverty, reducing income inequality, and ensuring […]