About the Census Business & Industry Data Center (BIDC) program

     The Business and Industry Data Center Program was started in 1988 by the U.S. Census Bureau as an expansion of the State Data Center Program. The BIDC Program is designed to meet the growing need of public and private decision makers for statistics. The Census Bureau promotes the BIDC Program as a means to increase the public's awareness of economic and demographic data and to make wider use of this data.

The Census Bureau identifies BIDC members as entities with a role in economic development, or who are otherwise qualified to deal with diverse economic and demographic data. A principal requirement is that a BIDC organization be non-profit, whether public or private.

The following table of Connecticut SDC affiliates is arranged in three categories, (1) Regional Planning Agencies, (2) State Agency Affiliates, and (3) Other Non-Profit Agencies.

 

BIDC Organization

Contact

Phone 

Location

Regional Planning Affiliates

           
Capitol Region Council of Governments Rebecca Augur (860) 522-2217 Hartford
Central CT Regional Planning Agency (Mr.) Margus Laan (860) 589-7820 Bristol
Central Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments Virginia Mason (203) 757-0535 Waterbury
Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency Winifred Olsen (860) 388-3497 Old Saybrook
Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency James Wang (203) 366-5405 Bridgeport
Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials Jonathan Chew (203) 775-6256 Brookfield Center
Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials Rick Lynn (860) 491-9884 Goshen
Midstate Regional Planning Agency Bob Haramut (860) 347-7214 Middletown
Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments John Filchak (860) 774-1253 Dayville
Regional Growth Partnership Peter Stein (203) 821-3682 New Haven
South Central Regional Council of Governments Emmeline Harrigan, Judy Gott (203) 234-7555 North Haven
South Western Regional Planning Agency Alex Karman (203) 316-5190 Stamford
Southeastern CT Council of Governments Tom Seidel (860) 889-2324 Norwich
Valley Council of Governments David Elder (203) 735-8688 Derby
Windham Regional Council of Governments Mark Paquette, Jana Butts (860) 456-2221 Windham

State Agency Affiliates

             
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) (Ms.) Kolie Sun (860) 270-8167 Hartford
Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) Jeff Blodgett (860) 571-6208 Rocky Hill

Other Non-Profit Agencies

         
Connecticut Voices for Children Priscilla (Penny) Canny (203) 498-4240 New Haven
DataHaven, represented by Holt, Wexler & Farnam, LLP Matt Storeygard (203) 772-2050, x16 New Haven
United Way of Greater New Haven Jennifer Heath (203) 772-2010 New Haven

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