A recent article published in the Northern Colorado Business Report:
GREELEY – Aims Community College contributes $1 billion per year to the regional economy, according to a new report.
Idaho-based research firm Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. analyzed Aims’ impacts through local purchases including wages; spending of students who travel from outside of the region; and the increase [...]

For the second year in a row, Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. has been named in the Inc. 5,000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, which is compiled using 3-year percentage revenue growth. EMSI’s current ranking of 1,938 improved on last year’s 2,107th spot.
EMSI’s CEO Andrew Crapuchettes credited the company’s growth to continual innovation and total [...]

In this op-ed for Forbes magazine, William D. Green (CEO of Accenture) uses his own background to argue that community colleges are one of America’s most valuable and overlooked assets.
Over the years, I’ve come to view community colleges and other two-year institutions as the Cinderella story of our education system–doing the hard work, quietly, without [...]

EMSI is pleased to announce that this autumn’s Strategic Advantage update will include the addition of gross regional product (GRP) estimates to the Economic Impact module. GRP, which is also called “regional GDP” and defined as the market value of all goods and services produced within a given area over a specific period of time, [...]

Education
Eileen Storck
Director of Enrollment Management, Indian River State College
Florida
Eileen Storck, Director of Enrollment Management, is helping Indian River State College lead the way in Florida’s transition to a new state college system which will play a vitally important role in the state’s workforce preparation and economic development. Indian River State College, formerly Indian River Community [...]

The Cape Cod, Massachusetts economy is primarily driven by small businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors. Many of these businesses are sole proprietors, and 90% have fewer than 20 people. This creates a unique labor market and workforce environment, according to David Augustinho, Executive Director at Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board.
Augustinho found that [...]