AJC's Top 100 Workplaces - Where's Roswell?

I am fortunate to be employed at one of the AJC’s top 100 workplaces.  Unfortunately, for Roswell residents, almost none of those workplaces are in Roswell.  We have to commute outside our borders to find the best employers. The map is telling and the Roswell Business Alliance, Downtown Development Authority and Strategic Economic Development Planning team should take note.  

image: AJCIf we want to live in a walkable city, we need to have high quality jobs in walkable locations.  

Friday Factiod: Density and Productivity

Economists studying cities routinely find that after controlling for other variables, workers in denser places earn higher wages and are more productive. Some studies suggest that doubling density raises productivity by around 6 percent while others peg the impact at up to 28 percent. Some economists have concluded that more than half the variation in output per worker across the United States can be explained by density alone; density explains more of the productivity gap across states than education levels or industry concentrations or tax policies.

Excerpted from: One Path to Better Jobs: More Density in Cities

h/t: Strong Towns Blog