Vital Signs Measurements and Benchmarks
The Erie Community Foundation created Erie Vital Signs, a community-wide key indicator project, in 2010.
Erie Vital Signs tracks regional progress against 48 different indicators. Where possible, Erie Vital Signs also compares our region's performance against a set of 13 peer communities across the United States, selected for their similarity to our community.
The 48 indicators are grouped in the following eight categories: Cultural Vitality, Community and Civic Engagement, Economy, Regional Cooperation, Health, Environment, Education and Brain Gain.
Erie Vital Signs is also a repository for localized data and resources such as the Local Arts Index coordinated by Americans for the Arts and ArtsErie.
Community-wide key indicator projects are found in many communities in the United States and Canada. Future plans for Erie Vital Signs include adding story telling and public outreach functions to the data base. Erie Vital Signs will produce seasonally themed reports summarizing how our community is performing relative to indicators and peer communities. Erie Vital Signs will also develop an e-mail outreach system to notify interested users when indicators are updated. VS