Insights by Gina Lavery
From Scene to Strategy: Building Philly’s Nighttime Economy
City economies don’t shut down after dark. Much like the sun, rising in one place as it sets in another, a city’s…
Expert Views: A Conversation with Gina Lavery on the Climate Resilience Index
In celebration of the release of the Climate Resilience Index our team has produced, I interviewed Gina Lavery, Senior Vice President and…
10 for 10: Economic Development
As we continue our year-long celebration of ten years of service, we are proud to recap work performed under our economic development…
Discussing the Future of Cities with Gina Lavery
For this week's Present Value post, we interviewed Gina Lavery, Senior Vice President and Principal of Econsult Solutions and the new head…
The Future of Cities is Accessible Quality of Place
Technological disruption, public health scares, and pushback against systemic disparities have all elevated the importance of and demand for quality places in…
The Economic Development Impact of C-PACE
What is C-PACE? Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy financing, or C-PACE, is a program that funds improvements that increase the energy efficiency and…
Trail Infrastructure’s Role in Equitable Economic Development
In 2019, ESI worked with engineering firm NV5 to complete “Investing in Our Future” a study of the impacts of the East…
Incentives in a Post-Pandemic World: Planning for a “Better Normal”
As we look forward to a “better normal” in a post-pandemic world, how can cities and economic development professionals ensure that incentives…
Perspectives on Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies in the Age of COVID-19
How our cities and communities will recover post-COVID-19 is obviously a hot topic. Because ESI and our Senior Advisors have such a…
A Mid-Pandemic Look at the Philadelphia Housing Index
The last time we featured the Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI) in a Present Value blog post, we were in simpler times—back in…
Music Venues in the Age of COVID and Beyond
A few months ago, we focused on the implications for our cities’ nightlife scenes as a result of halted operations due to…
Our Experts Discuss the Effects of COVID-19 on Transit and Measures for Recovery
Econsult Solutions' Transportation Practice helps transit agencies and departments of transportation make the case for infrastructure expenditures and investments by measuring the…
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