Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
PNREAP is a not-for-profit enterprise that is funded and made possible by annual subscriptions received from interested individuals and organizations to support the delivery of applied regional economic analysis and research for their region or state.
What's Involved and How Can We Become a Host For Our State's Regional Economic Analysis Project?
How much does it cost?
First, there is an initial set-up fee to be paid up front based on the number of counties in your state:
  • under 50 = $500
  • 50 to 90 = $650
  • 90 to 150 = $800
Second, there is an annual subscription fee based on the number of hosts:
  • 1 host = $6,000
  • 2 co-hosts = $7,000 ($3,500 ea.)
  • 3 co-hosts = $7,500 ($2,500 ea.)
  • 4 co-hosts = $8,000 ($2,000 ea.)
Please Note: You are paying a subscription fee for a service and will simply receive an invoice for payment.
To simplify the paperwork can I pay the invoice with a credit card?
Most certainly. We endeavor to apply the KISS principle whenever possible, especially on the business side of the venture.
We can make arrangements for you to call our Cashier's Office to execute a secure credit card payment transaction by phone. At this juncture online payments are not available but we are exploring this option.
$6,000 is above our dollar limit for what we can pay by credit card. Could you send us two invoices for $3,000? If so, this would also helps us avoid a lot of fuss and paperwork.
Indeed, we can and will. If you'd like, we will send a $3,000 invoice for payment at the outset for the first 6 months of your annual subscription, and 5 months later send an invoice $3,000 for payment of the remaining second 6 months of your annual subscription.
We've made this arrangement on behalf of several of our state hosts. We are positioned to invoice down to $2,000 increments and prorate your subscription over the year accordingly. Q.E.D.
Could you give us a list of all the analyses users can perform?
Yes. Please go to the sitemap which lists the major modules available for each state http://www.pnreap.org/sitemap.php. Descriptions and details for each module are available by clicking anywhere on this listing. A few states have limited editions of what's available. The states that are fully hosted have the unabridged edition.
Is there a way we can track and document the number of users and how they are using our state REAP website?
Yes. We provide a feature that allows you to view the activity on your state REAP website in a formatted and easy-to-read report for any time period, with activity documented by region and type of analysis.
Does the annual subscription include data updates and any enhancements or new modules published?
Absolutely. The county data are updated at the time of the BEA data release scheduled each April, and the state data release each September. BEA's data release schedule is posted on the bureau's website: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/news_release_sort_regional.htm
Now we've decided we want to host a Regional Economic Analysis Project for our state. What do we need to do to subscribe as a state host and to get things moving forward? And, also, what kind of time line are we looking at before the website for our state is ready to go "live" and be published?
After we are in agreement on the subscription payment plan and initial set-up fee, we will email you an invoice for the setup accompanied by a W-9 form with our tax ID. As soon as payment is received, we will begin preparing a draft of the website for your edit and review. As we have with our other state hosts, during this process we will ask you to send a high resolution logo representing your institutional affiliation for posting on your state REAP website. If everything goes according to Hoyle, this process usually takes about 3 weeks.
Next, we will publish the draft we've prepared on our secure, private website for your edit and review. After receiving your approval, we are ready to go "live", and will publish it on the internet whenever you give us the word. Then it's off and running. After approval, the final stage of the process takes about one week.
Lastly, we will send the invoice for your annual subscription according to the payment plan we agree upon at the outset.
If we have other questions, and would like to visit one-on-one about this venture, who should we contact?
Please give Gary Smith a call, or send him an email for him to call you. We'd be delighted to visit and give you a demo of the website, and to further discuss and elaborate on any outstanding questions you have:
Gary W. Smith, Ph.D. PNREAP Director
Phone: 253-219-6604