What Data Does The Port Maintain Now?

We've had a lot of questions about what data the Port maintains now. Here's a link to the Port's economic data page. If you have some time, you can look through the separate files.

Port Economic Data link here

What will be different after the Community Indicators Site is up? Look at a sample page from Spokane's site here. See the difference for yourself.

1. The same old data will be displayed more accessibly. God Bless Adobe Acrobat, but damn the download time. Currently, each data series has to be separately selected, downloaded, and opened in Reader (or, heaven forbid, your browser's Reader emulation). This makes clunky look streamlined! The replacement presentation will allow rapid browsing, and downloading only if you choose to use the data for something more, as well as easier updating.
2. Currently, once you download a .pdf file from this page, you have essentially a virtual paper page. Can't load the data into a spreadsheet for further analysis. The Community Indicator Initiative site will allow downloading into spreadsheet format for further manipulation.
3. The Port will have out-sourced a routine update of their data to a process designed and focused upon maintaining the data. This will off-load work from staff better focused upon economic development.
4. Notice how the Port's page focuses upon economic data. The CII site will include quality of life data not directly related to the Port's interest. Like this.

For an analysis of what data chosen by the Spokane CII effort might be presented on a Walla Walla CI site, see this spreadsheet. It also shows what of that data the Port currently tracks. Link here

This seems like a giant step forward. Please check it out for yourself. Make comments.