The needle is moving! Our job as an organization charged with being thought leaders, doers, and the galvanizing force for economic growth is in a constant state of motion. There should never be a moment that we sit back and watch the world turn. We as leaders have a responsibility to take an unbiased, objective look at our communities and offer solutions to continuously make them better and more prosperous and to create more opportunities. A continuous and steady uptick in our per capita income coupled with a renewed sense of our collective regional strength, led us to present this Regional Economic Snapshot. This Snapshot provides a baseline to provoke a thought process for community leaders and citizens. The purpose is to actively engage in a dialogue and develop a strategy that will foster economic progress and chart our course towards greater prosperity. This document presents an objective depiction of where our region stands against similar type cities and regions that we often co
