Economic Development

Use data to catalyze transformational investments in your neighborhood, and keep your finger on the pulse of the economic health of your city, block-by-block

Site selection

Quickly & easily search for suitable parcels and assemblages using criteria like lot size, zoning, and proximity to existing assets—without the need for GIS

Opportunity Zone strategy

Understand your OZ's down to the block- and parcel-level so you can identify high-potential areas for investment, inventory public and institutional property, and track neighborhood change

Commercial displacement

Monitor small business activity, track tax and employment data to gauge the health of commercial corridors, and identify businesses at-risk of displacement

Publicize development projects

Highlight private and public investments to keep the development community and neighbors in the loop on real estate projects

Case Studies

Tolemi’s integration streamlines communication and breaks down information silos. This more connected workflow enables Buffalo to operate their Clean Sweep Initiative efforts using data, enabling more time spent on helping citizens that need it most.

Leaders in Brockton and Lawrence recognize that these problem properties contribute to blight, attract crime, create unsafe housing conditions, and drain municipal resources. In response, each city established a cross-departmental team to tackle the worst offenders.

This 40,000-person city introduced a Rental Property Licensing Program in 2003 “to promote safety, health, and habitability in rental housing. They partnered with Tolemi to create a systematic way to flag non-compliant properties—without burdening staff with hours of research resulting in greater compliance with less staff hours than before.