Studies
Available Labor Force in Southern Middle Tennessee: An Underemployment Study (01/20/10) - For Local Workforce Investment Area 6 and Industrial Development Boards of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, and Warren counties
Contributions of Proposed Investment in the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port at Cates Landing to the Regional Economy
For Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, Dyersburg, TN, 09/10/09
Economic Contributions of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) to the Local Community: An Update
Murat Arik and David A. Penn, 2008
Increasing Competitiveness through Strengthening Regional Industrial Clusters: Middle Tennessee Marketing Region (posted 09/25/08)
For the Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association
An Economic Assessment: Findings and Challenges — Maury County, Tennessee
(pdf, posted 08/19/08; executive summary pdf)
Retail and Food Services in Rutherford County (07/16/07)
Current Status, Trends, and Supply/Demand Balance Study
Higher Education Institutions in Middle Tennessee (03/30/07)
An In-Depth Analysis of Their Impact on the Region from a Comparative Perspective
For Middle Tennessee Presidents Summit with Belmont and Vanderbilt universities
and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
The Role of Career Colleges in Tennessee (February 2007, press release)
Their Size, Contribution to Workforce Earnings, and Impact on Tennessee's Economy
For Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools
and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
A Study of Healthcare Occupations in Northwest Tennessee (ppt, April 2006)
Workforce Needs, Career Ladder, Awareness Programs, Financial Sources for Training
With Dyersburg State Community College
and Northwest Tennessee Workforce Investment Board
The Health Care Industry in the Nashville MSA (02/15/06)
Its Scope and Impact on the Regional Economy
For Nashville Health Care Council
Economic Impact of Bonnaroo Music Festival on Coffee County (11/30/05)
For Axis Ventures, LLC
Nashville MSA Today (08/27/04)
For Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Arts and the Economy 2003 report (12/08/04) (brochure, 08/03/04)
With Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Measuring the Economic Impact of MTSU (study, 06/06/04)
(brochure, 07/12/04)
Nashville MSA Today (04/19/04)
For Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Where Did Tennessee Companies and Jobs Relocate? (04/14/04)
Board of Regents Economic Analysis, Parts I and II (April 2004)
Economic Projections, Structural Change, and Workforce Skills/Education Needs:
A Comparative Perspective on Tennessee and the United States
Northwest Tennessee Workforce Study (pdf, ppt, March 2004)
For Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board and Dyersburg State Community College
Potential Sources of New Revenue for Rutherford County (December 2003)
Summary of Options for Additional Revenue
Total Operating Expenditures and Revenues, FY 1996-2002
Economic Impact Study of the Arts (1994, 1999, 2003)
For the Tennessee Arts Commission and Tennesseans for the Arts
Economic Impact of the Arts (pdf, 01/11/03)
Study for Tennessee Arts Commission
Impact of Middle Tennessee State University on the Local Economy (6/19/01)
Nashville Region Economic Atlas
For Partnership 2000, and with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford County 20/20
Tennessee Business Retention and Expansion Studies
For chambers of commerce, with SouthCentral Bell
and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development