Press Coverage
2009 State of the City Address
"Patrick [Jones] has contributed enormous value to the City and to our region through his Community Indicators Initiative, which the City uses for a multitude of analyses."
-Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, 2/13/2009Engaging Citizens in Measuring and Reporting Community Conditions: A Manager's Guide
"For the past few decades, the exercise of performance measurement in government has gradually become more sophisticated, evolving from an accounting exercise that focused primarily on cost efficiency and control to a managerial system in which the use of performance data is integrated into strategic planning, program management, budgeting, and personnel management."
-A publication of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, 11/1/2007Wealth of data about our community is at our fingertips
"In January of 1999 I started looking into Spokane. Not just at the material included in the relocation packet that arrived in the mail. Not just into the stories I found in the newspaper or on the television."
-The Spokesman-Review, 4/23/2007Numbers can add up to action
"Collecting and interpreting clean, defensible data is one of the best ways to drive public policy decisions, experts from around the nation told some 260 Inland Northwest decision-makers at a conference Wednesday."
-The Spokesman-Review, 4/19/2007All indicators say we can learn from problems in Boston
"Everybody knows that Boston, with its many universities and high-tech companies, is a magnet for young professionals starting careers in biotechnology, for example, or software development."
-The Spokesman-Review, 4/15/2007Spokane by the numbers - New EWU Web site paints statistical picture of county
"You've heard the slogan, "Spokane: Near Nature. Near Perfect." But how does our mid-size metro really measure up? "
-The Spokesman-Review, 10/4/2006Website details Spokane economy
"Eastern Washington University will unveil at an event next week a new Web site detailing 150 key economic development indicators."
-The Spokesman-Review, 9/27/2006EWU project wins grant - Work focuses on social data
"Foundation Northwest has awarded Eastern Washington University a $108,000 grant to launch a large database that groups here will use to gauge community goals such as reducing poverty, raising incomes and protecting the environment. "
-The Spokesman-Review, 5/27/2006Economic numbers game - Opinions differ on the best way to rank Spokane's progress
"For the past six years, Spokane has been chased by numbers: 161, 66, 55. Those are among the rankings assigned Spokane by various outside entities. "
-The Spokesman-Review, 1/23/2005Effort here seeks to provide facts for decision making
"Would better access to data help inform regional policy makers as they face decisions?"
-Journal of Business, 11/10/2004
