Minimum Wages: Harmful or Helpful?
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...
How to Market Your City for Economic Development Despite Challenging Demographics
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...
Site Signature and Market Match
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...
Phoenix to Salt Lake City?
Last week we talked about the NBA and NHL finals and the spatial differences in their fan bases. With the Coyotes moving from Phoenix to Salt Lake City, we decided to look at that choice from the perspective of the potential fan base. Sports franchises have moved...
NHL-NBA Faceoff
This week, some of the biggest events in sports occur—the NBA Finals, and the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. For the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks will take on the Boston Celtics, and in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers face the Florida Panthers. So, who will be watching the NHL,...
The Dispersal of Arts and Entertainment Employment
When you think about television and movie production, you are likely to think about Hollywood, California as the center of that industry. While it’s true that Los Angeles County has the highest percentage of the national labor force in arts, entertainment and...
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