Economic Development Self-Assessment Tool
The Economic Development Self-Assessment Tool (EDSAT) is a secure and confidential online self-assessment tool for evaluating and interpreting local characteristics and processes directly linked to the factors affecting a municipality's potential to attract private investment. With over two hundred questions, this rigorous examination helps public officials explore their own potential "deal breakers" as well as their relative capacity to overcome them.
Specifically, communities enrolled in the Partnership will receive:
- A robust and confidential tool that allows them to assess their economic environment
- Benchmarks for local strengths and weaknesses and a comprehensive report that weighs each community's performance against a multi-jurisdictional database
- Specific feedback and detailed guidance on where to focus efforts
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Ten Assessment Categories
- Access to Customers/Markets
- Concentration of Businesses & Services
- Real Estate and Infrastructure
- Labor Market Factors
- Municipal Permit Processes
- Community Quality of Life
- Site Related Amenities
- Business Incentives
- Local Tax Rates
- Access to Local Information
