Community decisions are often based on old understandings of how local, regional, and global economies function. These economic mythologies keep communities stuck in the past, rather than anticipating the future. In our regional analysis work, we team up with economists and other researchers to help business, government, and other community leaders shape their futures based on a new grasp of economic and demographic changes.

Regional Analysis services include:

Custom-designed research, analysis, and reporting

Collaborative analysis, drawing on our network of economists, scientists, and other technical experts and researchers—or working with your researchers in design, interpretation, and presentation of findings

Publication design

Design and implementation of strategies for public engagement, community learning, and regional collaboration

Evaluation of public policy implications and opportunities for promoting policy change through regional and community dialogue and action

Globalization and community change workshops

Sample clients and projects

Yellowstone Business Partnership — The Turning on the Off-Season project examined off-season assets and economic opportunities in a 25-county region surrounding Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. We provided project management, research, community workshops, writing, editing, and publication design.

National Parks Conservation Association — Collaborated with economists and other researchers to understand and document economic changes and the economic importance of public lands and natural areas. Three reports (Gateway to Glacier, Gateways to Yellowstone, and World-Class Assets) focused on areas in Wyoming and Montana near Yellowstone and Glacier national parks. The reports grounded discussions among business and community leaders in the regions analyzed, and helped spur leadership in maintaining these natural assets.

Greater Yellowstone Coalition — Project management, research, and writing culminating in a report entitled, Roots of Prosperity. This report examines economic change and the importance of wildlife, public lands, and natural areas in Park County, Wyoming.

Montana Regional Strategies Initiative — Preparation of public educational materials, and design and conduct of community workshops for this statewide economic development project.

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