June 2022 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 […]
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June 1, 2022 The Housing Authority of Chelan County & the City of Wenatchee engaged Points Consulting to complete a Housing Needs Market Study for Chelan and Douglas Counties. In this study, Points Consulting provided an overview of housing conditions in both counties, with particular focus on low-and moderate-income audiences. PC analyzed demographic and economic
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April 1, 2022 Points Consulting engaged with the University of Idaho and ZGA Architects to complete a feasibility study for the proposed CAFÉ Discovery Center, in particular the Outreach & Education Center. The study included a market analysis, stakeholder interviews, tourism analysis, operational, staffing, management and financial plan, and finally including a “go/no-go” recommendation. If
Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (CAFE) Feasibility Study Read More »
January 2022 Points Consulting is near completing the 2022-2026 Lewiston Community Strategic Plan for the City of Lewiston, Northern Idaho’s second largest city. Lewiston is located at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers and is home to the West Coast’s furthest inland port. The Lewiston Community Strategic Plan is intended to guide the
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July 2021 Points Consulting completed the 2021-2026 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Superior California Economic Development District (SCEDD). The SCEDD district includes the four beautiful Northern California counties of Modoc, Siskiyou, Shasta, and Trinity, and the plan will provide structure and prioritization for the district and its local economic and community development partners
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July 2021 Points Consulting is excited to announce that we have been selected to work with SCJ Alliance to conduct a housing study for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (located on Fidalgo Island within Washington State). This project is aimed at developing an actionable plan that outlines the tribe’s housing needs and provides assistance in
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Points Consulting (PC) has been certified as a HubZone small business by the Small Business Administration (SBA). With this certification, the consulting company, which specializes in public/private initiatives, has greater access to federal opportunities. Each year the government limits competition for certain contracts to businesses in historically underutilized business zones – the current target for
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October 19, 2020 Points Consulting provided statistics and recommendations related to the need for market rate and affordable housing for all residents of the Okanogan County region. Of particular interest to the County was obtaining solid estimates for under-served populations including emergency/transitional, farmworkers, seniors, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, alcohol/chemical dependent, and recently incarcerated individuals. The
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Hi All: I just finished developing a Tableau visualization that demonstrates housing affordability for each county in Idaho. For those not familiar with data from Housing & Urban Development (HUD), they parcel out the population by “area median income.” This allows us to more easily see what segments of the population are hit hardest by
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September 25, 2019 The Partnership for Economic Prosperity, (PEP) has released its Regional Housing Needs Assessment report as of September 25, 2019. “As we worked towards economic prosperity in Latah county, we kept hearing that there were three big issues: workforce, broadband, and housing”, says Gina Taruscio, Executive Director of PEP. “In this case, we
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