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Funded Research Projects

• The Economic Impact of Declines in Forestry-Related Industries in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and a Three-State Region, 2006:

  Part I: Targeted impacts—Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Wood Products Manufacturing

  Part II: Targeted Impacts—Paper and Paperboard Mills in Wisconsin

  Part III: Targeted impacts—The Regional View: OSB and Paper Manufacturing in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

• Cook County Dairy Market Survey and Business Plan, for Northeast Minnesota
  Sustainable Development Partnership and Cook County, MN Extension Service, June 2007.
• Economic Analysis of Cook County (Document Review), for Cook County Extension, May 2007.
• Duluth Seaway Port Authority: Impact of Business Development & Shipping Industry in 2005, Prepared for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority by Applied Insightsnorth and UMD Bureau of Business & Economic Research, December 2006.
• Minnesota Turf and Grounds Foundation: An Economic Impact Review, for Minnesota Turf and Grounds Foundation, April 2007.
• UMD University for Seniors Residential Community Phase 1: Overview of Possible Models for UMD, for Brownlee Advisory Board, March 2007.
• Lutsen-Tofte Tourism Information Survey, for the Lutsen-Tofte Tourism Association, 2006.
• Alternatives to Petroleum Based Fuel for Marine Vessels, Final Report Prepared by: Abu R. Hasan, Daniel Pope and James A. Skurla for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute, August 2006
• Tax Systems and Barriers to Great Lakes Maritime Commerce, Final Report Prepared by: Randall K. Skalberg and James A. Skurla for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute, August 2006
• Duluth Farmers’ Market Survey and Business Plan 2006, Duluth Market Growers and Northeast MN Sustainable Development
• The Economic Impact of Constructing and Operating an Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Power-Generation Facility on the Iron Range, UPDATE 2006: Mesaba One Impacts, Including Appendix A: Mesaba Two Impacts, Excelsior Energy
• The Economic Impact of Constructing and Operating An Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle
  Power-Generation Facility on Itasca County, Itasca Development Corporation
• The Economic Impact of Constructing and Operating Minnesota Steel Industries LLC in Itasca County, Minnesota, with Appendix Material on Itasca and St. Louis County Impacts, 2006, Itasca Development Corporation
• Economic Impacts of PolyMet's NorthMet Project and Other Industrial Projects of Minnesotas East Range Communities 2006, Short Elliot Hendrickson
• North Shore Interpretive Centers’ Economic Influence
• Duluth Area Economic Development Enterprise Network System Analysis 2005; Project Partner MN Department of Employment and Economic Development
• Grand Marais Harbor Expansion Impact 2005, City of Grand Marais and MN DNR
• Grand Portage Alternative Energy Impact 2005
• Iron Range Racetrack Impact Analysis UPDATE 2004
• Under, Over, and Mis-Matched Skills Employment in Northeast Minnesota 2004
• Report on Survey Findings: Developing On-line LSBE Course Offerings 2004
• East Central Minnesota: Social and Economic Trends and Implications, Forestry Analysis 2004
• Mesaba Metals, LLC Impact Study 2003
• Tax Revenue Impacts and Marketing Northern Minnesota’s Iron Trail2003
• BWCAW Land Valuation Report 2003
• Forestry Bottleneck Analysis 2002
• Trail Based Winter Sports Survey, Cook County, MN Resident Survey: Technical Report 2003 (BBER); Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study (Sea Grant)
• Northern Minnesota Forestry Analysis 2001
• Northeast Minnesota Labor Force Assessment; Project Partner MN Department of Trade and Economic Development
• Northeast Minnesota Cluster Study 2001; Project Partner Humphrey Center State and Local Policy Center
• [Northeast Minnesota Skills Assessment Project Project Partner:  Minnesota Department of Economic Security]
• Minnesota Power Key Customer Regional Impact Study, report, summary
• Hibbing Business Expansion and Retention Survey Report
• Hibbing Economic Base 1997, 1998, 1999, and 1999 Data Appendix
• Minnesota Regional Manufacturing/Technology Opportunity Assessment
• Minnesota Manufacturers' Study

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