Every community faces the same question: where should limited public resources go?

Questions we answer

  • What is the economic impact of this investment or initiative, and how do we demonstrate the credibility of those estimates?
  • Where should we direct limited public resources to generate the greatest return?
  • What industries should we focus on, and what assets do we already have to build from?
  • What economic development strategy will produce measurable results for this community?

How we work

ESI structures every engagement around a decision the client needs to make. Impact studies, economic development strategies, and sector analyses draw on depth across real estate, infrastructure, policy, and institutional economics. Sector and workforce analysis integrates talent supply, industry demand, and public investment. Work includes industry cluster assessment, sectoral growth strategy, and workforce ecosystem mapping.

What we deliver

Economic impact analysis
The jobs, output, and earnings a project or program generates, traced through direct, indirect, and induced effects.
Fiscal impact modeling
How a development or policy change moves a jurisdiction's revenues and service costs.
Incentives evaluation
Whether a TIF, abatement, or grant program is worth its cost, and how to structure it to perform.
Cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis
A defensible accounting of what an investment returns against what it costs.
Economic development strategy
A prioritized, implementable plan for where a community should focus its growth.
Industry cluster assessment and sector strategy
Where a region can compete, and what it takes to grow target sectors.
Life sciences and advanced manufacturing strategy
Sector strategy for the high-growth industries communities most want to attract.
Workforce ecosystem mapping and analysis
How talent supply, employer demand, and training line up, and where the gaps are.
Scenario planning and revenue forecasting
Forward-looking models that tie economic drivers to fiscal outcomes under different cases.

Economic analysis for decisions that matter

Tell us about your project or question, and we will tell you how our analysis can help.

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