Abstract
One of the fundamental requirements of government-funded economic development activities is a provision guaranteeing citizen participation. An effective citizen participation tool must be understandable to a general audience yet must not obscure the inherent system characteristics of the local development process. To meet these two criteria, our vitality index uses a visual profile of twenty-four demographic, economic, quality of life, geographic, and environmental measures. The index is constructed by transforming the raw data for each category into standard deviations from the state average. This visual profile can encourage the participation of citizens with varying degrees of previous involvement in economic development planning. An example of the vitality index is given using four Nebraska counties.
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