OKC MAPS PROJECTS – 25 YEARS
About this study
Oklahoma City MAPS Projects: 25 Years of Change through Public and Private Investment was prepared by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and RegionTrack. This report extends the previous evaluation of the MAPS projects titled Impact Analysis of Oklahoma City’s MAPS and Other Significant Central City Investments prepared by Larkin Warner and Eric Long. The initial release of the report in 2003 was followed by updates in both 2005 and 2009. For more information about this study, please contact Eric Long at 405-297-8976 or elong@okcchamber.com.
About the authors
Mark Snead is an economist and president of RegionTrack. His research interests focus primarily on regional economic modeling and forecasting, local area economic development, and the economic role of the nation’s energy-producing regions. Prior to founding RegionTrack, Mr. Snead served as vice president and Denver branch executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City where he served as the Reserve Bank’s regional economist and lead officer in the states of Colorado, Wyoming and northern New Mexico. Mark was responsible for briefing the Kansas City Fed’s president and external audiences on economic and business activity in the Denver region’s states. Eric Long is the research economist for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, where he has served for over the past decade. As the Chamber’s research economist, he provides business intelligence, workforce and economic analysis that support the region’s economic development efforts and local businesses. Mr. Long has served on the national board of C2ER, The Council for Community and Economic Research and is a past graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City.
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