Andrew Reamer & Associates
works with regional, state, and Federal development agencies to
prepare economic analyses and strategies, evaluate development
programs, and create technical assistance tools for local
development practitioners. Dr. Reamer's consulting experience is
described below.
Regional economic analyses
and strategies for clients such as
- states — Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Colorado
- regions — in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oregon
- metropolitan areas —
Indianapolis, IN, Shreveport, LA, Boston, Worcester and
Springfield, MA, Nashua, NH, and Memphis, TN
- counties — Clarke County, GA
and Aiken County, SC
- cities — Buffalo, NY,
Dublin, OH, Collierville, TN
- urban commercial districts —
Upham's Corner in Boston, MA
Industry analyses
and strategies for states and regions, including
- advanced technology — fiber
optics, telecommunications, information technology,
advanced materials, software, and biomedical
- traditional — metalworking,
food processing, footwear, plastics, petrochemicals,
warehousing and distribution, and heavy vehicles
- natural resources —
environmental technology, marine technology, oil, natural
gas, and wood products
Evaluation of economic
development programs and organizations, including
- Federal — Economic
Development Administration's Revolving Loan Fund,
Technical Assistance, Public Works, and Small Business
Incubator programs, and the Environmental Protection
Agency's Jobs Through Recycling program
- State — Ohio's Edison
Technology Centers and Federal technology transfer
intermediaries, New York's Office of Recycling Market
Development, Iowa's small business incubator program,
Oregon's Regional Strategy program, and Massachusetts'
Community Development Finance Corporation
Technology-based economic
development initiatives, including
- Research -- Technology Transfer and Commercialization:
Their Role in Economic Development (prepared for U.S. Economic Development
Administration); Technology Transfer to
Small Manufacturers: A Literature Review (for the U.S. Small Business Administration)
- Technology transfer program
development and evaluation — Los Alamos National
Laboratory, NM, the Air Force's Rome Laboratory, NY,
Ohio's Thomas Edison Technology Centers, NASA's Great
Lakes Industrial Technology Center, OH, Wright Technology
Network, OH, and Jefferson National Accelerator Facility,
VA
- Technology industry analysis
and strategy — fiber optics, telecommunications,
information technology, advanced materials, software, and
biomedical
- Technology audits — states
of Iowa and Virginia
- Handbooks — technology-based
economic development
Data Tools for
Practitioners
- Responsible for the design
and preparation of competitiveness and diversity indices
for the annual Development Report for the States
(Corporation for Enterprise Development).
- Co-author of Socioeconomic
Data for Understanding Your Economy: A User's Guide,
a reference book on the sources and uses of socioeconomic
data, with focus on topics such as population, income and
earnings, employment and unemployment, cost of living,
and exports.
- Co-developer of EconData.Net,
a guide to regional socioeconomic data on the Web.
Dr. Reamer earned a Ph.D. in
Economic Development and Public Policy and a Master in City
Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to starting his
firm, Dr. Reamer was a founding partner of the economic
development consulting firm of Mt. Auburn Associates from
1984-95.
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