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Dashboard of Economic Indicators - A municipal website and its enterprise dashboard approach to serving metrics

When local governments make the effort to supply their citizens with the knowledge and data that can make a difference in their lives, it makes a positive impact on the quality of life. As an example of a truly effective municipal website, see the Region of Peel. Their logo says “Working for You” and I think they really mean it. From gardening alerts, to local economic indicator dashboards, this site keeps the residents informed. In the sample dashboard screenshot below, note that the gauges on the bottom dashboard act as a navigational element that you use to view the various economic indicators. The dials themselves are merely decorative and not meant to indicate true values. When you hover over the various parts of the economic dashboard, you get a hover over message to indicate sections of this enterprise dashboard such as population change, taxable assessment, value of building permits, residential housing starts, labour market, existing home sales, Canadian manufacturing production, business establishments, business bankruptcies, and Ontario Works caseloads. The section above the dashboard graphic is split into a left column for use in displaying KPI graphs and a right column that is dedicated to text-based commentary. Oh, by the way, in case you haven’t figured it out by now, the region of Peel is in Canada. Specifically, it is in the province of Ontario and is the second largest municipality after Toronto.

Municipal Dashboard Economic Indicators

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