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COMMUNITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE REPORTS:

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A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA

available in Word and PDF format (127 pages):

A review of northeast Indiana's long-term employment and income trends from 1972-2007. Long-term changes in education and population in the area are also reviewed.

Prepared for the Cole Foundation and Northeast Indiana Foundation, Sept. 2008.

 

ALLEN COUNTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY STUDY COMMITTEE
"BUILDING BRIDGES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ALLEN COUNTY"

available in PDF format (23 pages):

The Allen County Local Government Efficiency Study Committee was formed in March, 2008 by the Fort Wayne City Council and the Allen County Board of Commissioners. It was charged with studying methods for creating “maximum efficiencies on a cost effective basis up to and including the formation of one unit of government. All departments and elements of City and County government must be considered.” The fourteen original members of the Committee were appointed by the City of Fort Wayne and Allen County, with a fifteen member selected by those fourteen. Linda Buskirk and Marilyn Moran-Townsend served as Co-chairs of the Committee. A Final Report detailing the Committees recommendations was released to the public and the founding units of government on October 21, 2008. The Community Research Institute provided technical support to the Committee.

 

INDIANA COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM
"STREAMLINING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WE'VE GOT TO STOP GOVERNING LIKE THIS"

available in PDF format (46 pages):

Prepared per the request of Governor Mitch Daniels by a blue-ribbon commission chaired by former Governor Joseph E. Kernan and Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard. CRI director John Stafford was also a member of the commission .

 

"FORT WAYNE AREA 2008 OUTLOOK"

available in PDF format (2 pages):

(Prepared for Indiana Business Review)

CRI director John Stafford gives a quick review on what he expects the local economy to be in 2008.

 

"WHAT SUCCESSFUL CITIES HAVE TO SAY TO FORT WAYNE"

available in both Word and PDF format (28 pages):

Based on a speech given to the Quest Club of Fort Wayne in March, 2006, this report was prepared by John Stafford, Director of the Community Research Institute.

 

SUCCESS BY 6 "CONDITION OF CHILDREN IN ALLEN COUNTY"

A web site maintained by the Community Research Institute has replaced the 2005 report prepared by Valerie Richardson. Data relative to children in Allen County is maintained in 5 broad categories: DEMOGRAPHICS, HEALTH, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, and SAFETY. This web site is sponsored by the United Way of Allen County and is part of that organization's Success by Six program. Success by Six is a network of community coalitions in the United States and Canada to ensure that young children in our community are born healthy, remain healthy, are nurtured physically, emotionally, and mentally, and are ready to enter school by age six.

 

GOVERNMENT 101 --The Structure of Local Government in Allen County

available in PDF format ( 95 pages/slides):

by Andrew Downs of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics and John Stafford of the Community Research Institute, IPFW. November, 2004.

Report Description: A Powerpoint ® presentation of Downs and Stafford's summary to the community based on their interviews of local officials and review of the current laws and regulations. The purpose of this project was to compile a comprehensive and accurate accounting of government services in Allen County. Restructuring governments in Allen County has been the subject of discussion and debate for more than 30 years, and the debate was reinvigorated by the bills introduced in the 2003/04 session of the Indiana General Assembly. The Charter Government Study Project, Inc. and other individuals agreed that this project should be completed and made financing for the project possible.
Local units of government are broken into six categories for this presentation:
County, judicial
County, other
Townships
Third-class cities and towns
Second class city
Special taxing districts
The Charter Government Study Project, Inc. and other supporters have no editorial control over the content of the presentation or the final report.

 

2004 Diversity Study --Full Powerpoint© Presentation

available in PDF format (343 pages/slides):

Report Description: Prepared for the United Way's Diversity Cabinet to Undo Racism and Overcome Barriers, this is a review of the demographic activity occurring in Allen County, Indiana, within the last 40 years, but particularly the activity between 1990 and 2000. The report focuses on the changes in racial and Hispanic origin of the residents, the changes where these residents live, the school corporations' demographic trends, the neighbor integration "topology" (with credit to the Brookings Institution), and educational attainment.

 

2004 Diversity Study -- Background Report

available in PDF format (138 pages/slides):

Report Description: A summary of the presentation to the community in July, 2004 prepared for the United Way of Allen County's Diversity Cabinet. (see above)

 

A Profile of Allen County

available in PDF format (88 pages):

Report Description: A look at the demographics of Allen County, especially changes in population over the past 40 years, and broken down by census tract when possible.
Prepared for the Foellinger Foundation, May 2003.

 

Northeast Indiana Performance Report

available in PDF format (80 pages):

Report Description: The performance of the northeast Indiana economy over the past 30 years; The major forces shaping that performance; And some thoughts on appropriate economic policy to enhance future performance.

 

Northeast Indiana Expenditure Report

available in PDF format (30 pages):

Report Description: A comparison of the amount of expenditures by the state of Indiana in northeast Indiana to the amount of payments from northeast Indiana to the state for the years 1994-1996.


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