Our team presented our Housing Needs Assessment for the Moline, Rock Island, & Davenport Consortium of Cities (the Tri-Cities) in January 2025. We partnered with Mosaic Community Planning for this project, and PC simultaneously helped Mosaic to perform an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Both projects were designed to fully meet all HUD […]

Following the Goal 9: Economic Development & Employment Lands Assessment conducted in 2023, Points Consulting and Nexus Planning Services contracted again with the City of La Grande to complete Goal 14 of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development’s planning structure. Our objective was to find the most suitable locations for an Urban Growth

PC completed a feasibility study for a development site in Tekoa, WA owned by the Port of Whitman County. The Port is targeting heavy industrial and manufacturing businesses to commit to the future Tekoa Industrial Park Site in an attempt to help decrease the county’s reliance on agriculture in the area, which employs over six-fold

PC contracted with LEAP Housing in October of 2024 to conduct a feasibility for a prospective 48-unit development under consideration in Lava Hot Springs, which would be called Portneuf Springs. More specifically, this project assesses the absorption potential for the units considering affordability and availability factors within the local market. The development would be primarily

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR) engaged PC to complete a housing study & needs assessment forecasting housing demand in the region 20 years into the future. The team conducted both a ‘status quo’ and ‘optimistic’ housing needs forecast to account for the effect of different population growth trajectories on future housing demand. These

In November 2024, the PC team completed a feasibility study for an underutilized 64-acre industrial site owned by the Port of Arlington (OR). Though it is currently a gravel quarry, our team provided insight as to whether regional economic and community support is strong enough to sustain a mixed-use, industrial site that complements current key

The Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCOG) worked with PC to complete a Housing Analysis for Greene County, Missouri, focused on the County’s unincorporated land and more rural towns of Ash Grove, Fair Grove and Walnut Grove (or “The Groves”). Our study found The Groves’ large amount of property available for in-fill, redevelopment, or city

PC contracted with the Nimiipuu Community Development Fund (NCDF) based out of Lapwai, Idaho to provide a Housing Study and Needs Assessment for the Nez Perce Reservation. For the assessment, our team forecasted both the total population change on the Reservation over the next twenty years as well as the number of individuals within the

PC completed a Feasibility Study for the City of Caldwell, Idaho in October 2024. Caldwell has recently experienced economic growth caused by both an increase in business presence and consumer spending. To capitalize on this, the City hopes to initiate new programs to encourage both growth and retention of new local startups. This study detailed the potential benefits

San Juan County, Utah, worked with PC to complete a housing needs assessment for the region that provided updated information on affordable workforce housing and employment needs/statistics. The project required data collection on future needs for the entire county while simultaneously keeping in mind its individual communities, such as Blanding, Monticello, and the various towns

Our team completed a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), for the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria located near Loletta California in April 2024. The CEDS outlines the Tribe’s greatest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It highlights goals and related actions for the Tribe to accomplish in the next five years, along with impacts

Points Consulting completed a comprehensive housing and demographic study for the City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, with the aim of assessing the current and future housing needs of the community. While Broken Arrow’s housing affordability outpaces national and state averages, around 72% of low-income renters are cost burdened, while around 15% of owner-occupied households are

PC completed a Housing Needs Assessment for Woodland Park (WP), Colorado in December 2023. The project characterized the City’s current housing stock, trends in production over the past ten years, and what types of housing are undersupplied that WP could support more of, in light of limitations such as regional land and water supply. Our

Points Consulting, in collaboration with SCJ Alliance, developed a Land Quantity Analysis study to fulfill the state of Washington’s Growth Management Act requirements. The study examines the entirety of land use types in the City, including residential, commercial and industrial. PC developed custom population and housing demand forecasts and recommended methods and policies for achieving

PC conducted a 2022-2027 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Update for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in Oregon. Community engagement for the project consisted of multiple townhalls, interviews, and a survey to help PC gauge the Tribes’ sentiment toward economic development. Our team also analyzed socioeconomic data to compile a Strengths,

PC worked with the City of Frankfort and Franklin County in Kentucky on a housing market demand study. Sandwiched between the cities of Lexington and Louisville, and home to the majority of bourbon manufacturing in the United States, Frankfort has transformed into a highly tourism-based economy in the past decade. PC’s report includes analysis of

PC worked with the City of Montrose, Colorado on an assessment of demographic and economic conditions affecting the housing market. Efforts centered on identifying critical gaps in housing stock and ways to ensure the production of enough quality housing options for both market-rate and under-addressed subgroups, such as people with disabilities, older adults, and people

PC completed an Emerging Business Center (EBC) feasibility study and economic impact analysis with Nixyáawii Community Financial Services (NCFS) for the CTUIR. The EBC would be located in Coyote Business Park and provide entrepreneurs and start-up businesses with basic programs designed to assist with accounting and tax information, turning business ideas into plans, marketing, networking,

Points Consulting assisted the Claremont Institute in developing this third-party assessment of the economic impact of moving the Oregon-Idaho State Border. The borders considered for this study are contiguous with the original proposition of the Citizens for Greater Idaho to convert 22 counties in eastern and southern Idaho to the Gem State. As of the publishing of this report, 11 of those counties have voted in favor of this proposition. In this sweeping analysis, PC considers all sides of this question from enhanced productivity due to reduced regulation, to alterations in income tax rates, and the distribution of Oregon’s existing debts.

Points Consulting partnered with Chmura Economics for a study of the future of work in Texas for the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). PC carried out a series of virtual focus groups in order to gain insight and better understand workers’ current and future concerns about workforce skills and compatibilities. The team conducted 12 total focus

Points Consulting completed a Housing Needs Assessment for the five counties in North Central Idaho, in collaboration with the Clearwater Economic Development Association (CEDA). PC analyzed the market holistically including state and local housing and demographic trends, rates of in migration and population change over time, type, condition, affordability, and availability of housing (rental and

PC assisted the Nimiipuu Fund in developing a Business and Operations Plan, and Financial Forecast for it’s proposed Business Incubator. The Incubator would primarily serve as a location for assisting small and micro-businesses, providing office space, retail frontage, and business coaching and assistance. Several of the key task’s PC completed included recommending an ideal site