| Group |
4 |
10 |
16 |
22 |
28 |
34 |
Rank |
| STRENGTHS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Concentrated/Defined Space |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Historic Character |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
0.8 |
| Public Square/Parks |
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
4 |
2.2 |
| Good Building Stock |
|
4 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
1.3 |
| Good Labor Pool / Work Ethic |
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
| Availability of Parking |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
0.3 |
| Kirby Theater/Philharmonic |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
0.5 |
| Location |
|
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
1.2 |
| Cost of Doing Business |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
0.8 |
| Scale of City |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
| Environment |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Educational Feeder System |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
0.7 |
| College & University |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
0.8 |
| Boscov |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
0.8 |
| KOZ Sites |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
0.5 |
| Riverfront |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.2 |
| Building Availability |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
0.7 |
| WEAKNESSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lack of Parking |
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Negative Image |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
| Lack of Attractions |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Lack of Leadership |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Lack of Appeal to Youth |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
| Lack of Adequate Police Presence |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Loss of Retail |
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Negative Attitudes |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
0.2 |
| Lack of Downtown Housing |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Airport Issues |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
0.7 |
| Non-Downtown Focus |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
0.8 |
| Quality of High Tech Workers |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
0.5 |
| Lack of Cooperation |
|
|
4 |
5 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Lack of Financing |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
0.8 |
| Lack of Access to Interstate |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
| Absentee Landlords |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
0.7 |
| City Wage Tax |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
0.5 |
| Elderly Population |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
0.5 |
| Empty Buildings |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.3 |
| Poor Transportaion |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.2 |
| OPPORTUNITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Real Estate Availability |
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Sterling Hotel Redev. |
4 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
| Independent Planner / Plan |
|
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| More Coop.- City-Bus-Edu |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
| College Related Development |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
| KOZ |
|
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
1.2 |
| Downtown Theater |
|
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
|
1.2 |
| Riverfront Development |
|
|
4 |
5 |
|
|
1.5 |
| Location |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
0.5 |
| Recreation |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.3 |
| Niche Retail |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
0.8 |
| Upper Floor Development |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
0.7 |
| Promotional Hook |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
0.5 |
| THREATS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Declining Population |
5 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
1.8 |
| Lack of Cooperation |
4 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
1.5 |
| Indifferent Population |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Failure to Develop Waterfront |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
| Exodus of Young People |
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
1.2 |
| Lack of Leadership |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
| Lack of Master Plan |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
| Local Politics |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
0.8 |
| Negative Attitude |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
0.7 |
| Competition with Other Citiies |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.3 |
| Flooding |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
0.5 |
| Slowdown in National Econ. |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
0.8 |
| Urban Sprawl |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
0.7 |
| Loss of Boscov’s |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
0.5 |
| Residential Tenant Disrespect |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
0.3 |
| Exit 46 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
0.2 |
