February 2016

Garner Economics, LLC provides innovative economic development solutions in a competitive global market.

Garner Economics offers site location and labor analysis, analytical research, industry targeting, strategic planning and organizational development with a wealth of expertise to companies, communities, and organizations globally. Garner Economics is based in Atlanta, GA and has representative offices in both Europe and Asia.

"Primus partners with Garner Economics to provide a full range of site location services to our clients. We use Garner Economics exclusively for these services in conjunction with our corporate clients because the work of Jay and his team is simply outstanding. Our clients are thrilled with the deliverables and outcomes from Garner which means we are happy too".

Tony Pitrone

Vice President, Primus Builders, Inc.

Cyndi Dancy joins the Garner Economics team

I am pleased to introduce Cyndi Dancy as our newest

Jay Garner

member of the Garner Economics team. I first had the pleasure of working with Cyndi in the late 1990's in my days as the CEO of the Asheville, NC Chamber of Commerce. Cyndi was our research director and her career has taken her to other locations including Greensboro, Charlotte, High Point and York County, SC. She has more than 20 years of economic development experience including specialties of research, geospatial analytics, marketing and business development. She has written this informative analysis noted below on wage growth in the US. Enjoy!

And by the way, for those of you attending our 5th annual Site Selectors Guild Conference in Nashville next week, see you there! We have a great program lined up in a terrific city.

A Glimpse at Wage Growth Trends for Metros and Non-Metros

Cyndi Dancy

The 2016 presidential race is off and running with a myriad of topics relevant to economic development, chief among them is wage growth. Recent reports show national positive net job growth but many claim wage growth has been flat.

This article examines average weekly wages at the national, Metro and Non-Metro levels with original average rates from 2005 to 2015 unadjusted for inflation. See the full article by clicking here.

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