About: The Local Decision Maker Project
The Hoosier economy and quality of life are dependent on the green infrastructure that provides the base necessary to support agriculture and natural resources-based business, environmental services need to support quality of life, recreational opportunities, and tourism. In Indiana, economic development and land use change decisions are made at the county level. As rural Indiana towns strive to: 1) be energy self-sufficient, 2) explore ways to capitalize on existing agricultural infrastructures and byproducts, and 3) sustainably profit from biomass and renewable natural resources under their care, new discoveries and the transfer of new technologies resulting from these discoveries will be essential to their success.
The LDM Team
Archer, Angela - Web site, Geocortex
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
amcbride@purdue.edu
Baller, Matthew - GIS
Purdue Center for Regional Development
mballer@purdue.edu
Deboer, Lawrence - Education, Economy
Purdue Department of Agriculture Economics
ldeboer@purdue.edu
Doucette, Jarrod - GIS, Web site
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
jdoucett@purdue.edu
Einstein, Mark - Servers
Illinois & Indiana Sea Grant
meinstei@purdue.edu
Farnsworth, Dr. Richard - Project Coordinator
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
rlfarnsw@purdue.edu
Kumar, Indraneel - GIS, Demographics, Transportation
Purdue Center for Regional Development
ikumar@purdue.edu
McCormick, Robert - Planning
Planning with Power
rmccormi@purdue.edu
Miller, Brian - Project Coordinator
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
millerbk@uiuc.edu
Nolan, Christine - Project Coordinator
Purdue Center for Regional Development
cenolan@purdue.edu
Stevens, Kevin - Servers
Purdue Agriculture Information Technology
ksmith@purdue.edu
Zhalnin, Andriy - GIS, Environmental Resources
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
azhalnin@purdue.edud
Robert McCormick