Asheville's Priority Places

Winner of the 2008 International Economic Development Council Internet & New Media Award.

The City of Asheville, North Carolina, uses DecisionTree to run Priority Places, a web-based, publicly-accessable program that supports economic development and job creation by providing geographic planning and prioritization tools and data to assist businesses with finding optimal sites in which to locate in the region.

You can check the DecisionTree technology at the Priority Places web site. Please note that the Priority Places implementation uses Adobe Flex technology for the user interface, so you'll need to have Adobe Flash Player installed.

Priority Places uses DecisionTree in four ways:

• Support economic development within the region
  
• Calculate multiple decision factors including zoning, transportation access, amenities, and tax incentive zones
• Provide ‘Smartlinks’ to link users to other city mapping and development resources
• Leverage ESRI’s Business Analyst Online to generate demographic and economic reports for any selected location