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Assessing the Investment: The Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

A team of Great Lakes organizations worked with the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics to analyze the economic impacts of funding provided by the GLRI between 2010 and 2016, the amount of region-wide economic activity that has been and will be triggered by GLRI investment through 2036, the growth in regional tourism that has resulted due to the GLRI, and the impact of the program on the region’s quality of life as reflected in home values.

The Advisor e-newsletter: February 2018

In this edition: registration is still available for the 2018 GLC Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day, information on the 2018 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program RFP, Great Lakes priorities for the 2018 Farm Bill, Blue Accounting launches major effort to protect sources of drinking water, and more.