We at TMG have been working for months to statistically, economically or even anecdotally correlate good public transit to economic prosperity in a city. Observationally, cities that support strong economies like New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and Boston have a transit system with good coverage and high frequency. It is unknown whether good transit [...]
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Economic Development: Invest in Transit
Posted by tmgconsulting on April 3, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/economic-development-invest-in-transit/
The Future of Internet Gaming in the U.S.: Notes from iGaming North America Conference
The bricks-and-mortar gaming industry wants in, the States want in, Native American Tribes want in, service providers want in . . . the list goes on. But, what is actually on the horizon for Internet Gaming? In the search for answers, I recently attended and participated in iGaming North America. This is the first post [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on March 9, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-future-of-internet-gaming-in-the-u-s-notes-from-igaming-north-america-conference/
Career Awareness Day at Warren Easton Charter High School
I was fortunate to be a speaker at the Warren Easton Charter High School Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Awareness Day this past Tuesday. We had more than twenty professionals in various technology, medicine and engineering fields and were able to discuss technical careers with 500 students in grades 9 through 12. Although [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on March 2, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/careerdayeaston/
Upcoming Conferences
TMG Staff are active in their respective fields, regularly participating in industry conferences and continuing education programs. Over the next few months, TMG staff will be coordinating, sponsoring, presenting at, or attending: Louisiana Chapter of the American Planning Association 2012 State Conference: January 25-27, Lake Charles, LA iGaming North America: March 4-6; Las Vegas, NV [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on February 29, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/upcoming-conferences-2/
The True Costs of Parking & New Strategies for Making Parking Work
TMG Consulting is pleased to sponsor The Urban Land Institute’s FREE symposium on parking management featuring national expert Donald Shoup on Tuesday, March 13th. This event is free and open to the public if you register by Thursday, March 8th. The symposium should be especially useful to: BUSINESSES desiring more convenient parking for customers and [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on February 27, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/the-true-costs-of-parking-new-strategies-for-making-parking-work/
A Tale of Two Super Cities: Indianapolis and New Orleans
February 7th is the two-hundredth anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth. An enduring required reading masterpiece of his, a Tale of Two Cities, considered characters’ lives in London and Paris during the bloodiest days of the French Revolution. Without much of a segue to justify my title, I offer a Tale of Two Super Bowl Cities, [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on February 9, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/a-tale-of-two-super-cities-indianapolis-and-new-orleans/
Status of Internet Gaming in the U.S.
With all of the recent developments in online gaming and so much to sift through, we thought it was time to give our readers our version of the Cliff’s Notes. First, there has been a lot of talk and a lot of movement toward legalizing online gaming in the United States, with much activity on [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on January 19, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/status-of-internet-gaming-in-the-u-s/
At What Point Is the Casino Gaming Market Saturated?
As states such as Massachusetts, Florida, New York, New Hampshire, and Maryland enter or expand their presence in the casino gaming market, we have to ask ourselves the question: at what point will the market be saturated? State by state, casino gaming has been legalized in the U.S. In years where state and personal budgets [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on January 9, 2012
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/at-what-point-is-the-casino-gaming-market-saturated/
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Fall Conference
Leaders of engineering companies met starting on October 18 in Las Vegas at the ACEC conference to discuss business issues and prospects. General Session speakers included former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, an advocate for a bond-funded national infrastructure program. Other prominent speakers included: Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval; John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Company; [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on October 27, 2011
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/american-council-of-engineering-companies-acec-fall-conference/
G2E Conference Summary: iGaming Congress
This year’s G2E was as exciting and enlightening as any before it. As an industry, gaming has been steadily recovering from the dramatic declines of 2008 and 2009, and new growth opportunities are presenting themselves. Possibly the greatest potential for growth exists in the igaming sector. This blog post is a quick summary of the [...]
Posted by tmgconsulting on October 14, 2011
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/g2e-conference-summary-igaming-congress/
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