Pesch, RyanBhattacharyya, RaniBeck, Clayton2022-11-212022-11-212022-11https://hdl.handle.net/11299/243304In an effort to better understand the regional visitor traffic to the downtown Bemidji area, the Headwaters Regional Development Commission contact UMN Extension to explore the use of mobile data analytics collected by Near, an online meta data platform that collects mobile phone activity while maintaining the confidentiality of phone owners. In this report, Extension has applied this relatively new mobile data analytics tool to Bemidji with the direction and assistance of Headwaters Regional Development Commission and its community stakeholders including Greater Bemidji, the Bemidji convention and visitor’s bureau, Bemidji Chamber, NW American Indian Community Development Center, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Beltrami County, City of Bemidji, Sanford Health, Bemidji Brewing, 4 Directions Development, and Bemidji State University.enReport