We really like this piece in Bloomberg Businessweek
Some excerpts to consider:
“Housing prices needn’t be high just because an area is hemmed in by water or mountains”
“Constraints on housing prevent people from joining, and contributing to, clusters of innovation”
“Arguably,” Harvard economist Edward Glaeser wrote in a Brookings Institution paper last year, “land use controls have a more widespread impact on the lives of ordinary Americans than any other regulation.”
SVED’s Annual Economic Profiles for:
- Blaine County
and the cities of:
- Bellevue
- Carey
- Hailey
- Ketchum
- Sun Valley
are posted for download and use on the Economic Profiles page of its website.
SVED GDP estimate of $2.0 Billion in 2017 garnered front page coverage in the Idaho Mt. Express.
Read the full ARTICLE including sales, business, wage and real estate stats.
2017 saw growth in sales with some cities up and some slightly down.
Blaine County also saw increases in the number of jobs, businesses, wages and income from self-employment.
SVED estimates the Blaine County GDP to be $2.0 Billion in 2017, up from our last estimate of $1.8 Billion in 2014.
While economic indicators are up, the Blaine County population is flat with 0.3 growth per year over the last six years.
Introduction to the Sun Valley Culinary Institute version 3.0.
