Rural Community Development

The criteria a rural community needs to gather BEFORE hosting a new prospective business includes the following:
1. Demographic Characteristics
2. Labor Force Characteristics
3. Leading Employers by All Sectors & Individual Sectors
4. Companies new to the area in the last 3 years and/or have expanded within the last 2 years
5. Military Base & Installations closest
6. Research Base - top 50 based R & D personnel closest
7. Higher Education Resources: 4-Year Institutions closest
8. Higher Education Resources: Community Colleges closest
9. Vocational/Technical Center Resources excluding Community Colleges closest
10. Average Salary by Selected Occupation
11. Workers Compensation & Unemployment Insurance
12. Labor-Management Relations
13. Transportation available
14. Taxation in State and City
15. Occupancy/Supply
16. Utilities in area w/contact information
17. Environmental
18. Government
19. International Resources
20. Quality of Life - parks, arts, productions, organizations
21. Available office building(s)
22. Existing Office Site Profile
23. Available Industrial Building(s)
24. Existing Industrial Site Profile