Apologies for cross postings. Please join us for this upcoming CTPP webinar. (Contact Jim Hubbell if any questions regarding this event). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark your calendars! The CTPP Program and TRB Census Subcommittee will jointly sponsor a webinar on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from 1-2 pm Central. Looking for historical census data? Can't find the current census data you are looking for? Then this webinar is for you! John Blodgett of the University of Missouri Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) will offer a presentation and demonstration of tools available through the <http://census.missouri.edu/> Missouri State Data Center (MCDC). The MCDC is a premier site in the country for accessing census and other public, machine-readable demographic and geographic data. Topics will include: * An overview of the MCDC's Uexplore/Dexter software * Live examples of using Uexplore/Dexter to locate and extract data with special emphasis on data from the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey * Using MCDC custom web applications to look at profile and trend reports, and to do custom extracts from 2010 Census and latest 5-year ACS data * Accessing ACS base/summary tables and metadata using Uexplore/Dexter * A brief introduction to the MABLE/Geocorr (geographic correlation) web applications As a bonus, Penelope Weinberger (AASHTO) will provide an update on the next CTPP special tabulation, which will be based on 2011-2015 ACS 5-Year data. To join the webinar, click on the following link** <https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/CTPP> https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/CTPP (This link will be active 5 minutes before the webinar begins. Please do not try to access the online webinar before that time.) To connect to the audio portion by phone, dial the following number. 1-877-336-1274 Passcode 7786853 **Registration is not required to attend this webinar. However, please note that participation will be limited to 100 participants, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Therefore, agencies with multiple participants are strongly encouraged to join from a single computer. Questions? Please contact Jim Hubbell ( <mailto:jhubbell@marc.org> jhubbell(a)marc.org). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stacey G. Bricka, PhD Vice President, ETC Institute 725 W. Frontier Circle, Olathe, KS 66061 Direct: (913) 254-4560 Fax: (913) 829-1591