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The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Philadelphia released a report capturing the conclusion of the Technical Assistance Panel (TAP), which convened on January 25-26, 2018 to study the potential redevelopment of the area surrounding the North Philadelphia Rail Station. The panel consisted of volunteer architectural, planning, development and design professionals, including ESI Principal Peter Angelides as co-chair […]
We’re here to listen. Please take the time to fill out the Philadelphia Real Estate Council’s Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Sentiment Survey. You have until June 29 to complete the survey for Q2 2018. This quarterly survey asks respondents to think about how the market has performed in the current quarter and their expectations for the […]
Applications are due Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 8 pm E.D.T. This program was previously known as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or “TIGER Discretionary Grants,” program, and is now known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development or “BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grants,‘ program. NOFO Highlights The FYI 2018 Appropriations Act appropriated […]
SEPTA Drives the Economy of Pennsylvania is Econsult Solution’s 2018 Economic Impact Study completed for Pennsylvania’s largest transit authority, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority. Our report to SEPTA is timely as the agency faces significant budget pressures, with looming changes of the contribution of Pennsylvania Turnpike revenues to state transit funding, along with increasing demands on […]
On March 12, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Joe Torsella and ESI Director Ethan Conner-Ross joined The Pew Charitable Trusts in a discussion about a a new report, completed by ESI in January, quantifying the fiscal and economic costs of insufficient retirement savings. The repercussions of this savings deficit affect every state and include increased public assistance […]
Christian Higher Education in U.S. Responsible for More Than $60 Billion in Economic Impact Annually
March 26, 2018 (Washington, D.C.) A groundbreaking new study from Philadelphia-based consulting firm Econsult Solutions, Inc. analyzes the significant economic impact of Christian higher education in the United States. Commissioned by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), the study calculates the impact on the national economy of its 142 Christian colleges and universities […]
On March 8, 2018, Mercer County Assignment Judge Mary C. Jacobson issued her opinion on the affordable housing obligations under New Jersey’s “Mount Laurel Doctrine” for two Mercer County municipalities, and by extension, municipalities across the state. The Mount Laurel Doctrine, established by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1975, holds that municipalities must affirmatively use […]
Econsult Solutions and our ESI ThoughtLab team would like to keep you abreast of new developments relating to our upcoming thought leadership program, The Cybersecurity Imperative: Managing Cyber Risks in a World of Rapid Digital Change. We are happy to announce that, in response to market demand, we are expanding our global cybersecurity benchmarking and indexing program […]
ESI is proud to sponsor the Drexel University School of Economics‘s 4th Annual Urban Economic Policy Conference: Topics in Education on April 13, 2018, from 12:00 to 5:00 PM at Drexel’s Gerri C. Lebow Hall. Join ESI and Drexel School of Economics for our 4th annual joint conference for a dynamic discussion about urban economic policy relating to education. Two […]