Coconino County Equitable Economic Recovery Dashboard

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

PROGRAM ABSTACT (150-200 words): The Equitable Economic Recovery Dashboard project gives communities and leaders in Coconino County the ability to track, record, and visualize the economic conditions of residents across our County. The purpose of the online Economic Recovery Dashboard is to provide the users clear visualizations of the data in one, easy to access location https://www.coconino.az.gov/2237/Economic-Development . This project began in July 2021, based on national datasets (US Census Bureau and others) which were originally derived and presented to members of NACo’ ELMN (Economic Mobility Leadership Network) by The Brookings Institute, a leading Public Policy Research Institution. The Brooking Institute’s analysts provided the original datasets along with the mathematical formulas/algorithms and methodology used by the developers of this Economic Recovery Dashboard. Development/Testing and Implementation was completed in December 2022 followed by community direct outreach and training in early 2023 to the leaders of Coconino’s communities, and local municipalities. The unique characteristics of this Economic Recovery Tool are the ability to separate and compare economic conditions by census blocks (highlighting disparities) across our county. Also drastically reducing the technical data gathering barriers (searching for and analyzing national economic datasets) for rural community leaders, as national datasets are all present (free of charge) in a single location using consistent analysis and visual presentations which is updated bi-annually. The online Equitable Economic Recovery Dashboard includes 10 metrics: Home Page, Poverty, Housing Listings Price, Rent-Burdened Households, Low-income jobs lost, Small Business Revenues, Median Income, Standard of Living, Business Ownership, Internet Access, New Business Applications.