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TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract Preface List of Tables List of Figures Page i ii v v Part One: INTRODUCTION 1 Statewide Planning’s review and need for follow-up 2 Focus of our research 3 Part Two: SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR REVIEW 5 Part Three: ASSESSMENT OF THE OEDP/CEDS PROCESS 7 Question 1: How high did the projects funded by the EDA score relative 8 to other OEDP or CEDS proposals that year? Question 2: On what criteria did the projects score the most points? 8 Question 3: How did the EDA funds awarded actually compare with the 9 amount on the OEDP or CEDS application? Question 4: How many projects had a share of the match from private 11 sources? Question 5: Where were the projects located? 12 Assessment 13 Part Four: PROJECT PERFORMANCE, ONCE FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED 14 Did community employment figures improve? What was the contribution 14 of each project? How do the actual job generation figures compare with those anticipated 16 from the OEDP and CEDS applications? What was the impact of the project on wages? 19 Have the projects promoted other development? 20 Assessment 26 Part Five: RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN THE CEDS APPLICATION PROCESS 30 Findings: Job generation 31 Findings: Wages 32 Other findings 32 iv
NOTES AND REFERENCES 33 Appendix A: SUMMARY OF OEDP/CEDS PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR RANKING A-1 PROJECTS Appendix B: APPLYING MULTIPLIERS: A SAMPLE CALCULATION B-1 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1 OEDP/CEDS Projects in Rhode Island Funded by the EDA, 1996-2000 10 2 EDA Funds: Comparison of OEDP/CEDS Applications and EDA Grant 11 Awards 3 Location of EDA-funded Projects 12 4 Annual Average Resident Employment in Host Communities 15 5 Annual Average Establishment Employment in Host Communities 17 6 Direct Employment Generated by EDA-funded Projects, 1996-2000 18 7 Average Employment and Wages in Affected Industries, 1995-2002 21 8 Employment Multiplier Effects of EDA-funded Projects, 1996-2000 24 9 Construction Multiplier Effects of EDA-funded Projects, 1996-2000 25 10 Project Ranking and Performance 27 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1 Average Annual Wages in Affected Industries 22 v
Page 1 and 2: STATEWIDE PLANNING PROGRAM TECHNICA
Page 3 and 4: ABSTRACT TITLE: EDA Public Works in
Page 5: We also acknowledge the assistance
Page 9 and 10: Statewide Planning’s review and t
Page 11 and 12: Reference is made in this report to
Page 13 and 14: Department of Labor and Training, f
Page 15 and 16: economically distressed areas, with
Page 17 and 18: Table 1 OEDP/CEDS PROJECTS IN RHODE
Page 19 and 20: Cranston/Narragansett Brewery Redev
Page 21 and 22: Part Four: PROJECT PERFORMANCE, ONC
Page 23 and 24: projects in the Quonset Davisville
Page 25 and 26: Table 6 DIRECT EMPLOYMENT GENERATED
Page 27 and 28: the wages generated by the projects
Page 29 and 30: Figure 1 AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES IN AF
Page 31 and 32: Table 8 EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIER EFFEC
Page 33 and 34: Two studies were performed, in 1992
Page 35 and 36: However, three of the nine projects
Page 37 and 38: Part Five: RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN T
Page 39 and 40: 3. Study the projects not making th
Page 41 and 42: EDA’s investment guidelines than
Page 43 and 44: attendants, convenience store emplo
Page 45 and 46: 4. Essential Project Studies and Pe
Page 47 and 48: 2. Area of Influence This criterion
Page 49 and 50: 8. Enterprise Zones In keeping with
Page 51: If the operating expenses amounted

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