Metro Forecasting Models Earns Two Awards from Industry Trade Organizations

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Metro Forecasting Models LLC, a high-tech firm that provides accurate and reliable forecasts for development demand, population growth and housing demand for communities throughout the United States, is pleased to announce its “Collier County Sheriff’s Office Long-Range Master Plan” has earned two recent awards from the American Planning Association and Florida Planning and Zoning Association.

To determine the impacts of future growth on the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), Metro Forecasting Models worked with the CCSO to create a unique incident predictive model to determine what changing land uses outside the urban areas means for future facilities, hiring, patrol districts and other essential resources required by CCSO.

The “Collier County Sheriff’s Office Long-Range Master Plan” demonstrates how development will influence the need for four new patrol districts, several administrative and substation facilities, and new deputies/civilian support staff over the next 25 years.

“We are very proud to earn these prestigious awards which recognize the firm’s innovation and national experience in helping clients identify future infrastructure needs and create plans and policies that are data-driven, obtainable and fiscally responsible,” said David H. Farmer, AICP, PE, Chief Executive Officer for Metro Forecasting Models.

Headquartered in Bonita Springs, Metro Forecasting Models employs a team of GIS professionals, a software designer, an economist and a research assistant. The firm’s state-of-the-art models have been accurately forecasting future development and have been used by local governments and private industry for nearly four decades.

The firm’s premier model, the Interactive Growth Model (IGM), is a nationally recognized forecasting tool for its accuracy and the value of its applications and been developed into the IGM Version 3. The IGM has been recognized in several American Planning Magazine articles and has received two American Planning Association awards.

For more information on Metro Forecasting Models or to download any of the firm’s free population, housing or commercial demand reports, visit www.MetroForecasting.com.