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Community data analytics; urban planning and community development; community operational research; community-based operations research; economic development; value-focused thinking; participatory action research; problem structuring methods
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Measuring Success: Community Analytics For Local Economic Development, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Sandeep Jani
Measuring Success: Community Analytics For Local Economic Development, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Sandeep Jani
Michael P. Johnson
Main Street organizations are community-based nonprofits across the USA dedicated to local economic development through physical improvements, technical assistance to businesses, marketing and placebuilding. In this paper we identify metrics associated with success in local economic development and generate decision opportunities for improved program design and implementation. Our community partners, Main Street organizations in the city of Boston, want to ensure that data they collect about their service areas can help them measure progress towards achieving their individual goals as well as identify programs and initiatives that make best use of their resources and expertise. Using a mixed methods, inductive …