{"id":28958,"date":"2019-08-06T10:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/?page_id=28958\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:01:27","slug":"economic-focus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/mitchell-forward-2040\/vision-survey\/important-themes\/economic-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"single_image wpb_content_element align-left  animate image_box_circle image_box_border image_zoom\" data-animation=\"fade-in-from-left\" data-delay=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mf-25-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div><h1 class=\"headline font-inherit fontsize-xl fontweight-inherit lh-inherit align-left transform-inherit \" style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0;\">Economic Focus<\/h1>[vc_column_text]Respondents were asked to respond to a question about economic focus. The question was:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like most communities, Mitchell faces choices about where to invest resources in economic development.\u00a0What should be the future approach to economic focus?\u00a0 Please select your preference on the following continuum.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Scale:1 = \u2018Focus on existing traditional industries (agriculture, tourism, service)\u2019; 10 = \u2018Expanding new economic opportunities and embracing new technologies\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<h3 class=\"headline font-inherit fontsize-m fontweight-inherit lh-inherit align-left transform-inherit \" style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0;\">Key things to note:<\/h3>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1515251925404{padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"single_image wpb_content_element align-left  animate  image_zoom\" data-animation=\"fade-in-from-left\" data-delay=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/future-iq.com\/specialised-methodology\/data-visualisation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/data-insights-icon-600.png\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/data-insights-icon-600.png 600w, https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/data-insights-icon-600-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This chart shows the collective results represent a relatively high appetite to a focus on Expanding new economic opportunities and embracing new technologies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The people who live in Mitchell skew more to the right end of the continuum, and people elsewhere skew towards the \u2018focusing on traditional industries\u2019. This is not surprising given many will likely be involved in these industries (Defined as agriculture, tourism and service).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<div class=\"newdivider align-center\" style=\"border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 40px; width: 100%; \"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>[vc_raw_js]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[\/vc_raw_js][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; 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text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;60&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;60&#8243; class=&#8221;full-width-bg-image&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"headline font-inherit fontsize-xl fontweight-inherit lh-inherit align-left transform-uppercase \" style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff;\">More Information<\/h2>[vc_column_text]<strong>For more information about Forward 2040, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Ellwein<\/strong>, City Administrator<br \/>\nCity of Mitchell City Hall<br \/>\n612 North Main Street<br \/>\nMitchell, SD 57301<br \/>\nTel: 605.995.8143<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:sellwein@cityofmitchell.org\">sellwein@cityofmitchell.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"headline font-inherit fontsize-xl fontweight-inherit lh-inherit align-left transform-uppercase \" style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff;\">More Information<\/h2>[vc_column_text]<strong>For more information about the overall project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heather Branigin<\/strong>, Project Manager<br \/>\nFuture iQ<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:heather@future-iq.com\">heather@future-iq.com<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; 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The question was:\u00a0 Like most communities, Mitchell faces choices about where to invest resources in economic development.\u00a0What should be the future approach to economic focus?\u00a0 Please select your preference on the following continuum.\u00a0 Scale:1 = \u2018Focus on existing traditional industries (agriculture, tourism, service)\u2019; 10 = \u2018Expanding new economic opportunities and embracing new technologies\u2019. [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1515251925404{padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text] This chart shows the collective results represent a relatively high appetite to a focus on Expanding new economic opportunities and embracing new technologies.\u00a0 The people who live in Mitchell skew more to the right end of the continuum, and people elsewhere skew towards the \u2018focusing on traditional industries\u2019. 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bottom_padding=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column text_align=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_section&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;120&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;60&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;60&#8243; class=&#8221;full-width-bg-image&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]For more information about Forward 2040, please contact: Stephanie Ellwein, City Administrator City of Mitchell City Hall 612 North Main Street Mitchell, SD 57301 Tel: 605.995.8143 sellwein@cityofmitchell.org[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]For more information about the overall project: Heather Branigin, Project Manager [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28955,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"custom_client_logo_page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Economic Focus - Future iQ Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lab.future-iq.com\/mitchell-forward-2040\/vision-survey\/important-themes\/economic-focus\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Economic Focus - Future iQ Lab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"[vc_row top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; 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