Federal recovery and investment programs are expected to benefit communities across the country. How will these benefits be measured? What data and metrics will state, and local governments need to provide to describe the programs’ impact on their communities?

In this webinar, we will hear from evaluation experts and federal program leaders about ways to measure and report on community-level effects from federally funded initiatives.

Moderator: Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives

Speakers:
Carmen Molina-Rios, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Bryan Borlik, Director, Performance, Research and National Technical Assistance, US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Tim Griffith, Senior Research Associate, Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness

The Recording and slides used in the presentations are available online.