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Evanston staff propose data dashboard, grant database to modernize economic reporting
Summary
City staff presented a plan to shift from spreadsheets to dashboards and infographics for economic reporting, including district vacancy metrics, Placer.ai foot-traffic data and a grant database of committee-approved awards going back to 2010.
Evanston economic development staff told the committee they plan to modernize how the city shares business and market data, proposing dashboards and infographics to replace static spreadsheets.
Paul, a department staff member, said the goal is to "get into this decade in terms of how we present data and try to get away from the ... Excel spreadsheets" and that a midsummer proposal will show a dashboard prototype. He walked members through district-level metrics the packet now contains: total square…
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