The primary feature of Impact DashBoard is to estimate the impact of economic development projects. Here are the basic steps required to generate a basic impact report. Create a New Project by clicking the on the Create Project button on … Read More
Impact DashBoard Knowledge Base
Add a Revenue or Cost
Custom Revenues and Costs can be added to a model to capture revenues or costs not otherwise modeled in the Scenario. For example, if the city will lease property to a business, you will want to capture the lease revenue … Read More
Adjust the Value of Taxable Property
Impact DashBoard estimates property taxes for each Taxing District by converting Capital Investments into Taxable Property before applying local tax rates. You have access to parameters to fine tune the assumptions that take Capital Investment inputs and translate into Taxable … Read More
Change Length of Analysis (Years)
The default term of analysis is 10 years but you can adjust the time period to get a longer look or to coincide with a possible incentive. How to Change the Length of an Analysis / Number of Years Click … Read More
Review Reports
Summary Report Summary Reports are one-page infographic reports that summarize the economic impact, fiscal impact of the project and, if applicable, present an analysis of the incentives. A Summary Report is available for each Taxing District included in the Scenario … Read More
Model Incentives
As you enter the project-specific data, the software will calculate the impact of the project and estimate the additional revenues and costs for local governments. If your project, like many economic development projects, involves an incentive for the project, you … Read More
Enter Data in a Scenario
Projects can contain one or more Scenarios where the project-specific data is entered and the analysis is conducted. There are two ways you can enter project-specific data into a Scenario to produce an impact analysis. The directions below explain how … Read More
Upload Relevant Documents
Most of the information you want to capture about a Project can be entered in the Scenario & Company Info page within the Scenario Workspace. However, there may be additional files or documents that you want to associate with a … Read More
Keep Internal Notes
You can use Internal Notes for text that you do not intend to be included in the actual report. When you evaluate a Scenario in Impact DashBoard, you may find it helpful to write down some notes about the specific … Read More
Run Multiple Scenarios
Impact DashBoard makes it easy to prepare multiple scenarios of analysis which allows you to react to the fluid nature of economic development projects. A project’s job count or capital investment can often be a moving target. Similarly, you may … Read More