Studies & Research
over the years, Inventure developed and published a number of studies and analyses on economic issues facing the larger community. A partial list of those publications follows:
- A New Vision for Economic Development in Evanston
- Guest Essay: Many Profit from Non-Profits
Ron Kysiak, Executive Director of Evanston Inventure, October, 2009
- The Impact of Non-Profit Institutions on Evanston’s Economy,
Evanston Inventure, Evanston Community Foundation, June, 2009
- Evanston’s Economy; The Impact of Non-Profit Institutions.
Evanston Inventure, May, 1999
- Evanston’s Property Tax: Present and Future Impacts on the City’s Economy,
October, 1996. The Institute for Urban Economic Development
- Evanston, An Economic Overview:
1985 – 1994,
Evanston Inventure, 1995
- A Review of Evanston’s Economy: 1963 – 1985,
Evanston Inventure, 1987
Inventure also contributed either manpower or financial assistance to the following studies:
- Church & Dodge Revitalization Strategy, 2004 – 2006,
Ms. Diane Lupke & the Evanston Community Development Corporation.
- Davis Street Circulation Plans and Transit-Oriented Development Study,
Teska Associates, Inc, 2001
- Market and Financial Analysis of Proposed Hotel and Conference Center in the Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park,
PKF Consulting, Philadelphia, PA., 2001