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

What We Do

Project Catalogue

LMI Director’s Town Hall Meeting
The Workforce Information Council
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

The LMI Institute supported the LMI Directors’ Town Hall Meeting by developing the agenda and curriculum, delivering and facilitating the meeting, providing a meeting evaluation form, administering a follow-up survey, and producing a summary report.  The Institute conducted the LMI Directors’ Town Hall Meeting at the BLS National LMI Conference in May 2014. The Institute […]

Fort Polk Army Base Economic Impact Analysis
Fort Polk Progress
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

CREC analyzed the economic impact of Fort Polk Army Base on surrounding communities in Louisiana, and the expected negative impact of a proposed force reduction of 6,500 troops and Army civilians on the same locations. The analysis builds on the work performed in 2013 for Louisiana Economic Development, in which CREC, working with Business Development […]

Research Training and Support for Arizona’s Workforce System
Arizona Commerce Authority
Start Date: Jan 2013 — End Date: Dec 2014

Working with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) Workforce Division, the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) assisted in the acquisition of a real-time job openings database, delivered training and technical assistance to participating Workforce Investment Boards and other partners on labor market information and analysis, provided periodic industry and occupation customer reports, and provided […]

State of the Region: Examining Changes to the Appalachian Region Since 1965
Appalachian Regional Commission
Start Date: Nov 2013 — End Date: Dec 2014

This study, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), "Appalachian Then and Now: Examining 50 Years of Changes to the Appalachian Region Since 1965" analyzes 50 years of socioeconomic trends, including poverty, income disparity, unemployment, employment change, population change, economic and industry mix, educational attainment, housing quality, health, transportation access, and telecommunications capacity in the Appalachian Region and summarizes the economic impacts accruing to the Region through ARC’s non-highway investments.

Post-Disaster Economic Recovery for Manufacturing Facilities
American Planning Association
Start Date: Oct 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

CREC produced a briefing paper on post-disaster economic recovery for manufacturing facilities as part of the American Planning Association's work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create briefing papers for planners concerning “Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation.”