Description: Data in Decision-Making guides communities in targeting economic development initiatives based on community strengths using relevant local data. The facilitator provides community-level socio-economic data and helps participants interpret the data within the context of the community. The community then uses the data to inform its decision-making process. Other topics such as development strategies for today’s economy, evolving industries and opportunities, meeting community goals and challenges, economic impacts, and government preparedness for growth scenarios, may be included based upon community needs.

Contact:
Rebekka Dudensing
(979) 845-1719
rmdudensing@tamu.edu
http://ruralcommunities.tamu.edu