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Guiding Questions

a. Is this goal right?
b. Are the key issues the right key issues?
c. Are the indicators meaningful and useful?
d. Are there numeric targets for this goal that make sense?



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EI8-RETENTION

1 Retain key employers and jobs. (combine with #1 and 2?)

Key Issue - Why do we care? What is the problem?

0 Retention and development of employers and jobs in Chittenden County increase wages and prosperity

Key Indicators - How are we doing?

1 4 largest industries by employment account for 57% of total employment in the County

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0 Source: VT Department of Labor, 2011:Q2

0 Both jobs and labor force declined slightly from Oct to Nov in Chittenden County

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0 Source: Boston Federal Reserve

Other/Supporting Indicators

A single one month change not

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A single one month change not very meaningful IMO, statistically speaking.

I sense the need to turn this

Open paragraph comments

I sense the need to turn this around to track the key employers, if we were to retain this indicator.

Might be best to put under

Open paragraph comments

Might be best to put under umbrella with 1/2. Otherwise, what are key employers ? Key jobs?

Should we also identify the

Should we also identify the “key employers” in the region and their number of jobs in direct response to the Goal? Maybe Fed Govt, IBM, UVM, Dealer.com, and other key employers..

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