Lake County Promotes Economic Growth

Built with ArcGIS, Lake County's Parks and Recreation Finder helps residents learn about and locate recreational activities and other tourism-related points of interest throughout the county.

Esri News for State & Local Government, Spring 2013

All-Island Research Observatory

Ireland's All-Island Research Observatory uses GIS to manage shared borders and share data between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

ArcNews, Winter 2013

West Plains Shows Businesses the Bottom Line

With cloud-based GIS, the City of West Plains creates maps and reports useful to commercial developers.

ArcNews, Summer 2011

Balancing Past and Future

The City of Mesa used GIS to visualize and analyze the planned development of a light rail line by creating a 3D model of the city.

ArcUser, Summer 2012

Fullerton Attracts Businesses

GIS provides insights about the city's demographics that can be used to attract specific businesses.

ArcNews, Fall 2011

Economic development agencies use data and GIS tools to retain, grow, and attract businesses. With easy-to-use, modern Web applications and accurate, current data, agencies give community and business leaders the information they need to make investment decisions.

Success Stories

The following stories show how economic development organizations are using GIS.

• Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Community for the District of Columbia
• HUD GIS Web Service Helps Target Aid
• Local Officials Ride the Wave of Baby Boomers
• Envisioning Regional Growth