Browsing by Author "Grensing, Gina Chiodi"

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    Comments on “The Economic Impact of Class I Air Quality Re-designation for the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota”
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2014) Haynes, Monica; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Scott, Michelle; Haedtke, Karen
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    The Economic Impact of Gaming and Tribal Operations in the Duluth‐Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2012) Skurla, James A; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Jacobson, Jenna; Swenson, Colleen; Almquist-Minko, Vickie
    The objective of this project is to assess the employment and economic impacts of operations and construction of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Minnesota. This analysis includes both short‐term impacts through operations in 2011 and the impact of construction projects. This study applies an economic multiplier analysis and input‐output model that was created in Minnesota by the MIG, Inc., and is used by state governments and the USDA Forest Service, among others. To generate economic effects of Fond du Lac, IMPLAN input‐output models were constructed to estimate measures of Employment, Output, and Value Added impacts. Results from the IMPLAN models for these measures are reported in terms of direct, indirect, and induced impacts. Impacts are reported by showing estimated economic activity for operations in 2011 and for year‐by‐year construction costs for various projects. All values are reported in 2012 dollars.
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    Economic Impact of Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council Project Funding in Minnesota, 2012-2016
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2012) Skurla, James A; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Jaeschke, Josh; Jacobson, Jenna; Almquist-Minko, Vickie
    The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) was established by the Minnesota State Legislature with the responsibility of providing annual recommendations to the legislature on how the funds should be used. The council will make recommendations to the legislature on appropriations of money from the Outdoor Heritage Fund that are consistent with the Constitution and state law and that take into consideration the outcomes of, including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Conservation and Preservation Plan, that directly relate to the restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest fragmentation, encourage forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie. This analysis assessed the economic impact of the appropriated project funding. The LSOHC asked the University of Minnesota Duluth Labovitz School Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) to estimate this impact on the State on Minnesota using county data for impact models for value added, employment, and output measures. The BBER studied and estimated the economic impacts of twenty-nine funded projects on the State of Minnesota. The economic modeling data and software used were IMPLAN. The study used IMPLAN’s economic multiplier analysis and input/output modeling, Version 3.0, created in Minnesota by the MIG, Inc. Data was the most recent IMPLAN data, which is for year 2010. Results are reported in 2012 dollars, using deflators as calculated within the model.
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    Enbridge Pipeline Construction Economic Impact Study
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2015) Haynes, Monica; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Eisenbacher, Travis; Haedtke, Karen
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    Garbage Disposal (2020-03-01)
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2020-03-01) University of Minnesota Duluth. Office of Sustainability; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Primus, Riley
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    Interviews with Stakeholders: The Potential Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts on Duluth, Minnesota, as a Climate Refuge
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2022) Haynes, Monica; Nichols Dauner, Kim; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Palmquist, Ben; Ye, Daniel; Jones, Jacque
    In March 2019, Dr. Jesse Keenan—formerly of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University —introduced the slogan “Duluth: The Most Climate-Proof City in America” (Keenan, 2019). He suggested that city officials should market Duluth to people relocating from climate-impacted regions, citing Duluth’s (Minnesota) cool climate, inland location, and access to fresh water as factors that make Duluth more resilient to the future impacts of climate change. Despite high levels of media attention, the literature is just beginning to address climate migration not owing to sea-level rise; the migration toward climate-friendly “destination cities” like Duluth; the perceptions of those in destination cities; and policy, social, and economic factors that could pull people toward destination cities. Given the gaps in the literature, our research sought to examine the potential social, environmental, and economic impacts of climate migration on receiving communities like Duluth through interviews with stakeholders. In total, we interviewed 18 individuals including people from climate advocacy groups, city and state governments, tribal communities, higher education, businesses, and the energy sector, and those who were clergy, researchers and climate scientists, biologists, landscape architects, and funders. Some participants represented multiple areas. Participants talked about existing community concerns, the most prominent being housing and racial and socioeconomic equity. The participants cited community assets as well including social capital and aspects of infrastructure related to Duluth, which once had a larger population.
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    Navigating the Benefits Bridge
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2023) Haynes, Monica; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Bakken, Mitchell; Wendinger, Avery