Kenai
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Introduction
Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB)
staff develops quarterly reports containing economic data from
throughout the area for use by businesses, agencies, and other
entities to make planning and management decisions. The publication is divided into
eight sections: Kenai Peninsula Borough, Homer, Kenai, Seldovia,
Seward, Soldotna, KPB Unincorporated, and a Local Officials Directory. To provide unity within the
document, certain conventions are applied: ·
In the real estate section, the following abbreviations apply:
Data is received from various
sources and is subject to change as updates, revisions and corrections
are received. The KPB makes no claims to accuracy or
completeness of information provided. Only summary information
is published. For further detail, contact Jeanne Camp, Economic
Analyst, KPB Community and Economic Development Division,
907-714-2336, or the data source listed in the index. Quarterly reports are available
electronically on the KPB website located at http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us. To correct your mailing address or
to be added to or deleted from the mailing list for this report,
please email [email protected]
or call 907-714-2336. Be certain to identify yourself and the
complete mailing address to be added or deleted. |
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Thank you The Kenai Peninsula
Borough wishes to thank all entities listed below for data provided
for this publication.
The writer wishes to thank those persons who gave of their time to review this document to find errors and make suggestions that result in a more professional and accurate document. Those individuals include Jack Brown, Business Manager of the KPB Community and Economic Development Division; Betty Glick, KPB Assembly member; and Sylvia Vinson, KPB Planning Department. |
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Functions
of the CEDD and the EDD Frequent
questions regarding differences between KPB Community Economic
Development Division (CEDD) and the Economic Development District (EDD)
suggest the need for an explanation.
The table below defines the differences.
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What is a “Moving Average Trendline?” Charts
in the KPB economic reports frequently include “moving average
trendlines.”
After individuals read the documents, comments make their way
back to the office.
One comment that has been heard several times addresses these
trendlines, noting that they are not labeled correctly.
They are.
A description of “trendline” is in order. The
purpose of a trendline is to demonstrate the average of data groupings
and how that average relates to averages of similar groupings within the
chart. Imagine
that a bar chart illustrates twelve quarters of data.
The trendline begins at the fourth entry in the series and marks
the point representing the average of the first through the fourth
numbers in the series, in this case a 1st, 2nd, 3rd
and 4th quarter value, one year.
The trendline continues to the right in the chart.
As the trendline reaches the next entry in the series, the line
will move to the point on the scale representing the average of the
second through the fifth entries in the series – still four quarters
of data, but this time those values would be the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th quarter of the first year plus the 1st
quarter of the second year. The process continues through the chart. As the line moves through the chart, it drops the entry marking the beginning of the trend point average, adds the entry just ahead of the previous set of four and indicates the average of the new set of four numbers in the series. The resulting “smoothing” effect allows the reader to more easily see change from one year to the next. |
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