by Elyse Menger | Jul 25, 2024 | Climate Data
In the summer of 1996, a movie about storm researchers became a hit movie: Twister. It followed a group of storm chasing meteorologists in central Oklahoma as they dodged, sometimes unsuccessfully, a line of storms in a single day. The production crew went as far as...
by Elyse Menger | Jul 25, 2024 | Monthly Round-Ups
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from July 2024. SiteSeer Looking to...
by Elyse Menger | Jul 18, 2024 | Current Events, Site Selection
In case you missed it, it was announced earlier this week that scientists in Italy have found a cave on the moon that could unlock the key to humans living on the moon in 20-30 years. Where people go, businesses are sure to follow. Do we think people will be living on...
by Elyse Menger | Jul 18, 2024 | Census
As we have alerted readers in the past, the definitions of race and ethnicity will be changing over the next couple of years. As with most major changes, this has both positive and negative effects on users. On the plus side, the new definitions were outlined in the...
by Elyse Menger | Jul 11, 2024 | Holiday, Menger's Musings
July 11 is National 7-Eleven Day. For the past few years, the chain has been rewarding customers by giving them a free small Slurpee to celebrate. Free sounds good, doesn’t it? But even free comes at a cost. What if you live 20 miles from the nearest 7-Eleven. Is it...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 27, 2024 | Holiday
When you think about the 4th of July, fireworks likely play a part in your celebration and memories of the day. Unless you live in Massachusetts, fireworks are legal, to some degree, in the state you live in. Assuming you can buy fireworks, where would you most likely...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 27, 2024 | Monthly Round-Ups
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from June 2024. Wall Street Journal...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 20, 2024 | Menger's Musings
In modern political discourse, there are often promises to help the working poor by increasing the minimum wage. In California, the recently enacted minimum wage law for fast food workers has been the subject of some discussion. Unlike most minimum wage laws which...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 20, 2024 | Economic Development
If you work in Economic Development, you likely hear the same pushback for your municipality every time someone looks at a demographic report, and overcoming these challenges can prove to be a worthy adversary. You know your city needs new businesses and new residents...
by Elyse Menger | Jun 13, 2024 | Dimensions, Partner Posts
Earlier this year, Sites USA launched their new tool, Market Match, which uses our proprietary modeling tool Site Signature. Since they are the first platform to make this tool easily available to customers, we thought that it was time for a refresher. What is Site...
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