Project Updates (Page 10)

Marty Romitti and Haden Springer traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER), to deliver Applied Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis training.

Mark White and Randall Arthur visit the W.K.Kellogg Foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan to meet with stakeholders at Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College.

Ron Kelly and Haden Springer met with project partners Oppenheim Research in Tallahassee, Florida to conduct a debrief with management and survey data collectors.

The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) held its 2015 Annual Conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

Ken Poole and Lindsay Johnson delivered two days of training for the Multi-state Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (MSAMC) at Spartanburg Community College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Mark White and Randall Arthur traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of a project with the William Keith Kellogg Foundation to evaluate Grand Rapids’ employer and workforce demand.

Ken Poole and Marty Romitti were joined by Catherine Renault, Ellen Harpel, David Shaarp to kickoff a new project with the Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) in Baltimore, Maryland.

Jennie Allison, who helps manage the quarterly Cost of Living Index (COLI), joined a panel of economists at National Public Radio on July 14 to discuss the cost of living in metro Atlanta and how that compares to other national markets. As part of the discussion, Ms. Allison talked about how data that is collected for the index helps provide a useful […]

Ken Poole and Ron Kelly facilitated a retreat for the Board of the Directors of the Development Districts Association of Appalachia in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Ron Kelly attended a joint meeting convened by the Workforce Data Quality Campaign and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Chicago, Illinois.