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CivMetrics believes in measuring and presenting critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. Our data covers selected critical types of community development, construction and programs. CivMetrics also seeks to provide macro context along with the micro details. See our actionable data and information regarding local economics, demographics, and market conditions. This includes data, RFPs, financing documents and other information on housing, labor, business conditions and demographics. Select any of the CivMetrics targeted topics for updated data, developments and directories.
CivMetrics Data, Documents and News
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Development & Housing
Local development, housing and construction projects, including large public construction projects.
Economics
Data on employment, inflation, labor markets, local GDP, housing, and other critical measures of local economic and business conditions.
Infrastructure
Large infrastructure, such as airports, transit, ports, stadiums and other large scale projects.
Incentives
Credits and incentives in connection with new local development, expansion or company relocations.
Civic Services
Non-profit and government services, including large private service organizations, cultural institutions, and units of local government.
People & Livability
Demographics and livability information, such as crime, weather, pollution, health, and other quality-of-life measures.
Latest News
Bipartisan Bill Boosts Incentives for Hotels, Tourists
U.S. lawmakers from both parties have signed on to a bill that would give tax credits to families who travel in 2021, and create tax incentives for downtrodden business sectors like hospitality, trade shows and restaurants. The bill is sponsored by a bipartisan group...
Ranking States By COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks vary by state. One useful way to look at how the situation is escalating is by looking at hospitalizations, both as a raw number and per capita. See the full chart on the CivicMeter COVID-19 Tracker.
How Far Has The Outbreak Advanced in U.S. States?
CivicMeter has added per capita data to our chart tracking COVID-19 cases in U.S. states. Confirmed case totals can be skewed by under-testing and other factors. This is true for raw numbers as well as per capita case totals. Deaths per 1 million, while still subject...
Which States Will See the Biggest Resource Shortages?
Using University of Washington's model, CivicMeter has charted the projected date of COVID's peak in each U.S. state, as well as the healthcare resources that will be required during these peaks. Some states, like California, aren't projected to run out of beds but...
COVID-19 Models Aren’t Supposed To Be Right
Which COVID-19 models are right, and which are wrong? We don't know, that's fine. Because as Zeynep Tufekci writes in The Atlantic today, "right answers are not what epidemiological models are for". Tufekci, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina...
Which Countries Have the Most Active Cases?
Overall confirmed cases are a poor proxy for gauging where various countries are in their respective outbreaks. Active cases, although subject to under-reporting, is a better metric for determining which countries are facing the most severe outbreaks. View the entire...
Why Modeling COVID-19 Is So Difficult
There's no shortage of models attempting to forecast COVID-19 cases and deaths. Here on CivicMeter, we've covered a few of the most prominent ones for our Modelpedia. But the numbers vary wildly, and it raises the question: why is it so hard to model a pandemic?...
University of Texas Model Shows COVID-19 Impact in Austin, TX
A professor at University of Texas at Austin has modeled the potential outcomes for Austin-area hospitals depending on the strictness of social intervention measures. The model, developed by Lauren Ancel Meyers, shows that the virus could overwhelm Austin-area...
University of Washington Tool Forecasts Outbreak Peaks in 50 States
A new tool from the University of Washington predicts when COVID-19 cases may peak in all 50 states, and what those peaks may look like in terms of deaths and hospital resource use. Although the forecasts already assumes a high level of protective measures like social...
Stanford Prof Estimates Infection Prevalence by Country
Stanford statistics professor Jacob Steinhardt has presented a model that attempts to estimate COVID-19 infection prevalence in countries by using data from Singapore and Taiwan -- two countries with heavy testing and public case data. [Find the GitHub here.]...
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