What Am I Working On

 

As has become my custom every six months, here's what I'm working on now at work. I won't repeat anything from last time that I happen to still be working on, and for confidentiality's sake I have to blur some of the details for some of these studies.

* Provide research support to inter-industry teams in multiple regions seeking to capitalize on anchor institution support of community initiatives.

* Research the effects of large-scale economic development projects on local communities, real estate markets, and commercial corridors.

* Advise a major university on its supplier diversity efforts, including establishing a baseline of historical utilization and availability from which to set goals and develop initiatives.

* Provide multi-year evaluation for a federally funded kitchen incubator in its efforts to create jobs in an economically distressed community.

* Advise a transit agency on how to use station capital improvement projects as opportunities to contemplate their role in advancing food access.

* Economic and social impact analysis for a small liberal arts school in the South.

* Economic impact update for a previous research university client of ours in the South.

* Economic impact update for a previous research university client of ours in the Northeast.

* Economic and social impact analysis for 2 Midwestern university athletics programs.

* Economic and social impact analysis for a consortium of universities in a big city.