Greensboro business action report [January 26, 1971]

              Research  Division
Program of Work
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Goal
The major objective of the Research  Division
has been to become the reliable source of statistical
information on Greensboro.
Cost of Living
As the southeastern regional headquarters for
the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers
Association cost of living project, the Division will
continue to be responsible for receiving each participating city's report and after checking all data
will submit these reports to the national headquarters for data processing. The Division will collect the specified information related to Greensboro's cost of living for this quarterly report.
Population Committee
The Committee will continue its efforts to establish a central office to collect, keep, and report
current and projected population data. As documents become available related to the 1970 Census,
reports concerning the area's school, transportation,
housing, population and social characteristics will
be published.
The Committee will work jointly with planning
agencies and chambers of commerce in the Triad
area to prepare and publish a brochure on the area's
1970 population and housing characteristics by
census tract.
Most of the detailed population and housing
characteristics from the 1970 Census by census
tract are not being published in written reports as
was previously done by the Bureau of Census. Computer tapes must be purchased from the Census
Bureau and a computer program written in order
to obtain this data. The Committee will work with
all private and public agencies interested in obtaining this data so that no duplication of effort will
be incurred and so that the Chamber can obtain
this information as inexpensively as possible.
Publications
"The Apartment Directory of Greensboro" will
be updated and the format will remain the same.
It will sell for 750.
"Business Trends" will continue to be published bimonthly with a commentary prepared by
the Barometer Review Committee. The quarterly
reviews will include graphs depicting statistics for
seven growth characteristics, comparing 1970 with
1971.
"The Carolina's Major Market" will be updated
and reprinted to sell for $1.00. It details statistical
data on the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
"Directory of Firms Employing 100 or More in
Greensboro" will be updated and reprinted to sell
for $1.00.
"Directory of Publications" will be updated and
mailed to the Chamber membership.
"Greensboro's Growing Market," which depicts
Greensboro's last ten years of growth with graphs
and tables as well as a commentary on major industrial and commercial expansions, will be updated.
"Here's Greensboro," a general information brochure, will be updated as new data are available.
There will be a charge of 250 per copy on orders
of 10 or more copies.
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COMPUTER CENTERS
GREENSBORO'S GROWING  INDUSTRY
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A monograph describing some of Greensboro's advantages as a center for electronic
data processing headquarters has just been
published by the Chamber's Research Division. Charles K. Upchurch, reappointed as
Research Division Chairman by President
W. A. Pittman, points out the publication includes a directory of 41 firms with computers located at their Greensboro offices.
This will be an invaluable tool to individuals
seeking employment in the data processing
field. Also appraised are Triad Area educational opportunities in data processing and
computer programming, the community of
interest in Greensboro within this industry,
and office salary trends. The price of the 31
page brochure is $1.50.