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3. • Provides time-series information on over one million
establishments in Maryland from 1990 through 2012
(2013 data available Winter 2014)
o Establishment Data
o Relocation Behavior
o “Birth” and “Death” years
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7. • Interact with your data
• Tells a story about your data
• Targets your geography
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9. Provide answers to questions such as…
• How many and what types of companies are
relocating to a specific area?
• What are the impacts of tax changes, incentives,
programs, and regulations?
• What linkages and clusters exist?
• Types of industries likely to move into the County?
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10. • Industry composition
• Employment changes
• Geographic comparisons (i.e. other enterprise
zones)
• Additional demographic data
o Educational attainment
o Household income
o Occupational breakdown
• Infrastructure
o Broadband
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11. • Would this be a valuable tool?
• Do you have data that you would like to visualize?
• What questions would you like your data to
answer?
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