Contact Information

Sarah Bowker
Communications Director

419 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

CEDIK@lsv.uky.edu

Services We Offer

Services We Offer

Services We Offer

We offer customized studies, reports, and technical assistance to Kentucky communities and organizations.

We offer a suite of services geared to providing community and industry stakeholders research-based information. We have an experienced research team that has proficiency with several proprietary data sources, methods of analysis, and GIS mapping capabilities. Cost of services and scope of project are contract specific.
 

What we Offer:

Wage & Benefits Survey

Wage and benefits surveys are conducted with businesses in a community or a specific industry (i.e. manufacturing or healthcare) in order to collect specific information.

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Economic Impact Study

An economic impact study looks at the effect that an event has on a local economy. An event can be an industry or cluster of industries, a business or a particular project.

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Housing Study

A housing study is an important tool for communities creating or modifying comprehensive plans or considering the housing needs of both the existing population as well as new residents.

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Cost of Community Services Study

A cost of community services study identifies government expenditures and revenues by land use type. The study measures the fiscal relationship, or ratio, between revenues and expenditures.

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Retail Sector Analysis

The retail study helps community leaders understand the strengths and weaknesses of the local retail sector, to see if the residents’ retail needs are met, to identify leakages and surplus and to determine possible opportunities for retail development.

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Industry Leakage Analysis

An industry leakage analysis provides an economic, demographic and workforce overview for the region and identifies clusters based on potential for growth. The analysis can focus on one industry/cluster or several and provides information on jobs, earnings, businesses represented in the area.

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Survey Based Research

A survey is a familiar research tool for gathering the same information from a large group of people. Yet the information gathered is only as good as the design of the survey and the process for collecting the information.

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Community Assessments

CEDIK, in partnership with Kentucky Association for Economic Development, offers a program to assist economic development professionals and elected officials by assessing the potential for new economic opportunities.

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Services Contact:

Simona Balazs

Research Director, CEDIK

(859) 218-5764 simona.balazs@uky.edu 414 C.E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546

Contact Information

Sarah Bowker
Communications Director

419 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

CEDIK@lsv.uky.edu