Survey of Community Assets
Community Name:
Date:
1. Availability of land and building space for new businesses
Please indicate the available area of the following in your
community
1 Undeveloped land (excluding agricultural land)
2 Undeveloped land (agricultural land)
3 Undeveloped land with infrastructure
4 Undeveloped land with partial infrastructure
5 Undeveloped land near infrastructure
Please indicate the available
area of the following in your
community
6
7
8
9
Now
Occupancy
rate
Warehouse space
Manufacturing space
Office space
Retail space
%
%
%
%
1
Unit
acres
acres
acres
acres
acres
Now
Total area
In 1-2 years
In 1-2 years
Expected
Total area
occupancy
rate
%
%
%
%
Unit
sqft
sqft
sqft
sqft
2.Availability of infrastructure and services
Please check one
Yes
No
Is the following available in your community?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Access within 30 minutes to an interstate highway
Access within 30 minutes to package freight services
Immediate access to a railhead or rail spur
Access within 30 minutes to rail freight
Access within 30 minutes to passenger air services
Access within 30 minutes to port or harbor facilities
Access within 30 minutes to an international trade port
Access to natural gas pipeline
3-phase electric power
Fiber optic lines
High-volume water supply
High-volume wastewater disposal
Solid waste disposal
Cell phone service
High-speed internet
Local public transportation
State and local government incentives
Specialized job training programs (excluding college and university)
Access to college or University within 30 minutes
Short- and long-term financing
Business/trade association
2
2.
Business and Social Indicators
Please indicate for your community
1
2
3
4
5
Unit
Total workforce
#
% of workforce with less than HS
degree
% of workforce with HS degree or
equivalent
% of workforce with college
degree or higher
% of union labor
(2008 national average = 12.4%)
%
%
%
%
6
Prevailing yearly wage rate
$/year
7
Prevailing monthly wage rate
$/hour
8
Workers compensation tax rate
%
9
Local business tax rate
%
10 Crime rate
#/pop
11 Median home price
12
$
Distance to a major metropolitan
area
miles
3
Sources/Notes