2016-17 Annual Report

Business Intelligence (BI) is the research and GIS unit of the Riverside County Economic Development Agency (EDA). It maintains and updates the statistical reports posted on the Demographics page of the EDA website and supports the data and mapping needs of the various divisions that comprise EDA. BI responds to custom research and technical assistance requests from data users in general, such as business education, nonprofits and governments. Business Intelligence plays a vital role in the information infrastructure of EDA and informs planning, policy, grant writing, decision-making and reporting. WHAT WE DO

Customer Service Business Intelligence co-sponsored a Data on Deadline Workshop and a Mapping Tools Workshop with the U.S. Census Bureau. Data users from a number of county and city agencies from throughout Inland Southern California attended the workshops. One Stop Shop For data users, a single point of contact for the dissemination of information is generally preferred and efficient. EDA staff has expertise in research and GIS mapping services including data collection and analysis, data dissemination, GIS analysis and mapping technical assistance. A total of 173 custom research and mapping requests were received this FY, of which 24 were for GIS services. GIS The Business Intelligence team created six story maps and web maps using ArcGIS Online templates developed by Geographic Information System (GIS) industry leader and Riverside County partner esri. esri located in nearby Redlands, is one of the world’s top GIS companies and Riverside County actively uses their data to service customers and deploys their mapping technology to bring our projects to life. These maps were created to support EDA activities ranging from site selection assistance to programmanagement.

State Data Center The State Data Center (SDC) is a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Finance Demographic Research Unit that disseminates census data and provides technical assistance to data users. EDA is the local affiliate of the SDC and BI is the liaison to the SDC. Center for Demographics Good information about our region is vital to public policy development, business growth and bringing resources to the County that address the opportunities and challenges we face. To address this, the Riverside County Center for Demographics (CFD) was launched on February 1, 2017. CFD is nested in the Business Intelligence unit of Economic Development. The Center brings information to life visually through web maps and GIS tools, making the information more relatable. These web maps include a logistics story map and a labor force web app.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Number of custom research and mapping requests. 173

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