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Featured Staff - Fred Clark
EDR Group is proud to announce the addition of Fred Clark to our staff.
Mr. Clark is an accomplished writer and communications manager. He served for three years as Communications Manager for the YES Campaign at Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts. At YES he managed reports, articles and media production, as well as managed grants for renewable energy and exchange programs. He also supervised recruitment strategies for conferences in Egypt, India, and elsewhere around the world.
Previously, Mr. Clark served as editor, media coordinator and writer for radio and television organizations in the UK and Australia.
He holds a BA in Economic History from the University of New South Wales, Graduate Certificate in Communications from the University of Technology in Sydney, and coursework in Sustainable Development at Harvard University.
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Transportation Investment: Stakes High for Oregon Economy
Oregon, like other states across America, is facing increasing needs for highway and other transportation infrastructure. Most importantly, businesses across the state are becoming concerned about increases in traffic delays and highway system limitations, which are proving costly for individual firms and the state economy.
EDR Group's recently published analysis for the Oregon Business Council shows that a variety of trends -- growth in business markets and delivery trip lengths, trends toward larger trucks, greater use of intermodal connections, vehicle weight and size changes, and seasonal tourism -- are all affecting future transportation needs and conditions in the state.
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Fine-tuning Wisconsin's Energy Program: Five Years of Implementation
Despite a 40% funding shortfall, Wisconsin's statewide 'Focus on Energy' Program is well on its way to increasing energy efficiency and lowering energy use. Additionally, there is continued improvement for Wisconsin's marketplace for energy-efficient products and renewable technologies.
A new EDRG five-year report shows a clearer picture of who is participating in the Wisconsin "Focus on Energy" Program, and which technologies are yielding net energy savings. This update reflects a changed renewables portfolio in its assessment - replacing biomass with biogas, in addition to thermal, solar hot water, wind and photovoltaics.
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Leveraging Defense Spending for Community Development
How can a region leverage the expansion of a local military base for its economic development? This question was asked by the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization concerning the major expansion now underway at Fort Drum in upstate New York.
EDR Group's response -- in its recent Gap Analysis for the FDRLO -- shows how targeted business attraction, coordinated land use polices and tailored educational/training programs can help a region take advantage of new opportunities.
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Assessing Rail Freight Solutions to Road Congestion - New Guidebook
As truck traffic has become a significant contributor to road congestion in many areas, planners are seeking solutions to control congestion growth by considering opportunites to move more freight by rail.
For local, regional and state planners thinking seriously about roadway congestion, the Guidebook for Assessing Rail-Freight Solutions to Road Congestion is an important new planning tool to evaluate opportunities, benefits and costs of available options involving both highways and rail systems.
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Measuring Public Finance Performance and Impact - Miami Conference, May 24 2007
EDR Group's Steven Landau will be part of a panel on May 24 in Miami reviewing creative and beneficial performance measuring options that provide economic development finance professionals with a sound foundation for measuring the success and impact of publicly financed programs. The session is part of the Council of Development Finance Agencies' Annual Summit.
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ED Targeting Seminar - Sign Up Soon!
Learn about new tools and the analysis techniques to identify new growth opportunities, understand your area's relative strengths and weaknesses to attract these opportunities, and get guidance on which economic development investments can do the most to facilitate these opportunities. EDR Group's Lisa Petraglia and Glen Weisbrod will be on hand to deliver the training session in Denver CO, June 5, 2007.Read on...
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