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Halloween Spending Statistics, Facts and Trends
Halloween retail spending will be $9 billion in 2018. It’s a little less than 2017’s record of $9.1 billion. Slightly fewer, 175 million, will celebrate. They will spend a record $86.79 per person, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. One reason…
Communities can prevent violence
By Larry Cohen via blog.oup.com Every day the news is flooded with stories of different types of violence. On what seems like a daily basis, we’re bombarded with relentless reports of violence in this country. Our register of national tragedies…
A Potential Solution To Crime And Poverty: Hiring More Criminals
by Aakash Kumar | Via Forbes.com The last section of this multi-part series covers the impact of a criminal record on nearly 65 million Americans’ ability to find work and how a prior background becomes a one-way ticket to poverty…
Can Craft Breweries Have a Positive Impact on Crime?
By Farrell Tiller, Economic Development Manager RMA has observed firsthand craft breweries facilitating economic development in client cities such as Oakland Park, Pompano Beach, Titusville and many others. It is no secret that breweries tend to have a positive impact…
Culture & The Arts: Arts Mean Business
by Jody Leshinsky, Cultural Executive Director (Historic Ali Cultural Center & Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach CRA) Broward County was one of 341 study regions that participated in a national research study on the economic impact of the arts and…
Latin America’s influence on South Florida’s Real Estate Market
By Jenae Valentine, MSRED, Economic Development Manager/Real Estate Associate With some Latin American economies showing signs of deterioration, foreign investors have paid attention to the resurgence of the real estate market in the United States. Those with the means to…
Understanding Culture’s Role in Enhancing Your City’s Identity
By Sharon McCormick, Director of Business Attraction & Marketing In Celebrating Hispanic Heritage month, let’s start with a few stats. Enhancing Your City’s Identity The Hispanic Heritage statistics provided above are crucial for developing an effective marketing strategy and for…
How Bicycling Infrastructure Brings Economic Life Into America’s Communities
By Camilo Lopez, RMA Urban Designer In a time where information is proliferated in all corners of earth, we become more and more conscious of the decisions that shape our cities and how they affect the quality of the spaces…
Pompano Beach House makes “The Ten Best New Restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach: 2018 Edition” List
Pompano Beach House was listed as #5 on the New Times “The Ten Best New Restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach: 2018 Edition” List! In 2011, RMA helped the City of Pompano Beach craft a RFP to find a partner…
How a Security Ambassador Program Can Increase Safety, Help Businesses and Monitor Homelessness
By Adriane Esteban, Budget Analyst at RMA The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness estimates that there were over 32,000 people in Florida experiencing homelessness on any given night in 2017. As much as we feel for people affected by…