Partnership scorecard shows Tampa Bay ranking on the rise - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The report rated Tampa Bay — along with Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Jacksonville and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. in the categories of employment and work incomeand productivity, innovation, education and transportation. Tampa Bay is not doinb particularly well, but the othet regions are doingcomparatively worse, said Gary president and chief executive officer of and business intelligence chair for the Tampa Bay Partnership. Florida was the “first in the tank” when signsd of an economic downturn appeared, Sass said. The regions that fared well in the last scorecar havesince “taken a dip,” he said.
Sasso, along with Stever Mason, Tampa Bay Partnership chair and presideny and chief executive officerof , presentedd the results to about 20 businesse leaders at a meeting Tuesday morning. In the overalpl ranking, Tampa Bay tied Atlanta for third, whilr Raleigh-Durham ranked first, Dallas second, Jacksonville fiftu and Charlotte sixth. Although Tampa Bay’s overall indicatorsx were down, of the 21 indicators that containupdated data, eight four declined and nine were unchanged. In the employmentg and work force Tampa Bay climbed from sixth to although Sasso noted the ranking is relative andthe region’w economy is still struggling.
Tampa Bay dropperd from third to fourth in its income and productivitgy ranking and placed last in the average wage category The region’s housing rank moved up from last to thirr mainly because housing values had dropped, Sasso The region ranked fifth in in part because it has only one major the , to compete for grants, Sasso said. In termx of education, the region placed thirx for the thirdconsecutive scorecard. The number of area high-schooll graduates increased, which is possiblh a reflection of the reduced number of Sasso said.
The region climbed from last to fourthy place in the categoryof transportation, a categort in which several indicators, including commute time and vehicle miles travelex per capita, had no new data available. In termse of transportation investment per Tampa moved from fourthto first. To address the issues reveales inrecent scorecards, the Tampa Bay Partnership is launchingy a three-year strategic plan callec “A Model for Prosperity,” which will map out a visiomn for growth through human capital, infrastructure and quality a release said. Click to downloard the scorecard.