Portland Tribune [1] - June 17, 2005
Commissioner Sam Adams this week unveiled a project he calls his “economic dashboard” — a framework that he’s spent the past five months crafting with the help of local economists, business leaders and other stakeholders.
Adams says the project is still in its early formation; it reflects input from the 100 businesses he visited during his first months in office, as well as from local labor groups, the Portland Business Alliance, local chambers of commerce, and representatives from Metro and Multnomah County.
The project poses the question: “How should we define economic success for Portland and the region?”
It uses business confidence, competitiveness, sustainability, innovation and other factors to gauge success for local businesses. And it uses family income, employment, health care, neighborhood livability and other factors to index success in individual and family prosperity.
Adams and his staff plan to seek further input from businesses and residents through the summer and will present a formal resolution this fall.