In an effort to update the Port’s main strategy-guiding document, PC completed a Strategic Business Plan (SBP) for Oregon International Port of Coos Bay in 2025. The SBP is comprehensive, focusing on all of the Port’s main lines of business: Marine Operations, the Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL), and the Charleston Marina Complex. The Plan […]
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The Indiana Construction Roundtable Foundation (ICRF) addresses workforce shortages in the construction sector by providing training, classroom materials, and promoting careers in construction. As a part of this mission, ICRF contracted with Points Consulting to establish an improved methodology for workforce data projections, along with semi-annual reporting. Our collaboration focused on obtaining more accurate workforce
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The Economic Alliance of Okanogan County, WA, partnered with PC in September 2024 to complete a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) outlining priorities and next steps for the county over the next five years. The vast Okanogan County region includes numerous small rural communities (such as Omak, Oroville, Twisp, and Winthrop) as well as portions
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January 10, 2025 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
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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
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October 16, 2024 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
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April 5, 2024 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,
September 8, 2023 In 2023, PC and Nexus completed a Goal 9: Economic Development & Employment Lands Assessment for the City of La Grande. The study found that the City has limited capacity for in-fill and has lost significant economic development opportunities due to site types and ownership patterns in recent years. The report recommends
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September 5, 2023 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
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September 1, 2023 Points Consulting completed a Strategic Business Plan Update for The Port of The Dalles, Oregon in accordance with the requirements of OAR 123-025-0016. PC performed extensive regional research, interviewed, and held workshops with Port Commissioners and staff, reviewed area socioeconomic data, analyzed the Port’s assets, and conducted several modes of community outreach
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