Whether a county is urban, rural, or somewhere in between is of interest to decision-makers, policy and planning practitioners, and researchers alike. One of the reasons is that many federal programs for urban or rural areas are based on formula…

This will be my farewell contribution to the PCRD newsletter, on behalf of the Office of Engagement. I wish to share my congratulations and thanks to Roberto for his leadership of PCRD and wish him well in his new role.…

They say: “Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You.” To the contrary, six local economic development organizations (LEDOs) in the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission (KIRPC) region just launched an Agricultural Strategy Plan to better support its local farmers and agribusinesses.…

Countdown to Purdue’s Day of Giving Every April, Purdue University conducts its “Day of Giving.” For 24 hours, Purdue units reach out to their stakeholders and ask them to help our organization take its next giant leap. This year is…

The consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and emphasis on remote work affected passenger travel, long haul trucks, and local fleets in the U.S. For example, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics used INRIX data to determine that on April 1, 2020 (Wednesday),…

In a November 2021 report, PCRD posed the question of unemployment stabilizing. Now 1.5 years later trends are starting to form a result. To recap the previous report, PCRD analyzed all 92 Indiana counties’ unemployment rates. Then looked into the…

This article was written by Roberto Gallardo, Indraneel Kumar and Larry DeBoer. The federal government and other organizations are focusing more on integrating renewable energy across the country. Interest in renewable energy in Indiana is not the exception. As part…

The Purdue Center for Regional Development has created an index to monitor earnings across an array of jobs throughout Indiana. The Job Earnings Index (JEI) will be used to see how earnings for different occupations have changed since 2005. JEI…