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Transcript of 2015 MEDA Annual Confernece Townson University
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• Provides time-series information on over one million establishments in Maryland from 1990 through 2012 (2013 data available Winter 2014) o Establishment Data o Relocation Behavior o “Birth” and “Death” years
© Towson University, Division of Innovation & Applied Research Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
• Interact with your data • Tells a story about your data • Targets your geography
Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
© Towson University, Division of Innovation & Applied Research Drive Innovation. Together.
Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
Provide answers to questions such as… • How many and what types of companies are
relocating to a specific area? • What are the impacts of tax changes, incentives,
programs, and regulations? • What linkages and clusters exist? • Types of industries likely to move into the County?
© Towson University, Division of Innovation & Applied Research Drive Innovation. Together. Regional Economic Studies Institute | www.towson.edu/resi
• Industry composition • Employment changes • Geographic comparisons (i.e. other enterprise
zones) • Additional demographic data
o Educational attainment o Household income o Occupational breakdown
• Infrastructure o Broadband
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• Would this be a valuable tool? • Do you have data that you would like to visualize? • What questions would you like your data to
answer?
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