Partnership for Community Development

The Partnership for Community Development (PCD) is a non-profit organization in Hamilton that seeks to diversify, expand and sustain economic activity in Hamilton, Earlville and the surrounding communities in Southern Madison County, New York. The PCD seeks to strengthen the viability of the Upstate New York area's historic village centers as twenty-first century market places, and supports visionary leadership, progressive planning, open dialogue and continuous civic engagement as it carries out its mission of revitalization.

Alden Ellis, '06, conducted preliminary research for a team of outside consultants hired by the PCD to create a long-range economic development plan for the area. In his research, he created a business study that tracks gross sales numbers from 24 area businesses in order to gain a better understanding of the impact that local events have on local sales. He also developed a “Trailing Partner” survey which was distributed to the over 200 Colgate faculty members and Hamilton medical care providers that will provide insight on how Colgate and Community Memorial Hospital affect the labor market in the region. Ellis analyzed this data through the fall semester as an independent study and generated the report below.

Summer Sales Study

for the Partnership for Community Development

by Alden Elllis