Economic Development Perspective and City Leadership
Table 1
Mean economic development item score for city leaders overall and by position.
Overall
Mayor
Council
Manager
EDC
Chamber
Jobs
10.7
11.3
10.3
10.0
11.5
11.0
(−0.4)
(−0.7)
(0.8)
(0.3)
T
Revenue
10.5
11.2
10.4
11.0
11.4
9.3
(0.7)
(−0.1)
(0.5)
(0.9)
(−1.2)
T
Service Cost
7.9
8.7
7.8
8.9
7.2
6.9
(0.8)
(−0.1)
(1.0)
(−0.7)
(−1.0)
P
General Plan
7.8
8.1
8.6
7.9
7.2
7.0
(0.3)
(0.8)
(0.1)
(−0.6)
(−0.8)
R
Region’s Economy
6.4
6.5
5.6
5.9
6.9
7.8
(0.1)
(−0.8)
(−0.5)
(0.5)
(1.4)
Q
Aesthetics
6.4
5.7
6.5
6.0
6.7
7.0
(−0.7)
(0.1)
(−0.4)
(0.3)
(0.6)
Q
Traffic
5.7
5.0
6.3
5.6
5.5
5.6
(0.7)
(0.6)
(−0.1)
(−0.2)
(−0.1)
T
Downtown
5.6
4.9
6.1
5.8
4.6
6.1
(−0.7)
(0.5)
(0.2)
(−1.0)
(0.5)
Q
Environment
5.3
5.9
5.9
4.6
4.7
5.2
(0.6)
(0.6)
(−0.7)
(−0.6)
(−0.1)
R
Nearby Gov’ts
2.6
2.3
2.6
2.3
2.1
3.3
(−0.3)
(0.0)
(−0.3)
(−0.5)
(0.7)
N
209–213
32-33
59–61
42–44
28–30
45-46
aT: Traditional, P: Planning, R: Regional, Q: Quality of Life.
bValues in parentheses are the percentage point difference in mean score from the base-line.
