Economic Development Research Group, Inc. (EDRG) is a firm established in 1997 by alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide research and consulting on measuring economic performance, impacts and opportunities. The firm led development of "Sources of Growth" studies for guiding regional economic development strategy planning, authored guides to economic impact analysis, EDR-LEAP (Local Economic Assessment Package) which is used by economic development agencies for assessing business targeting opportunities, and TREDIS (Transportation Economic Development Impact System) which is used by regional and state transportation planning agencies.
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