# County and municipality research handoff

Editor: National CTE website Chief Graphic Design Officer. Research agents prepare records; only this designated editing conversation changes or publishes the site.

## Live design

National map → Georgia / Alabama / Florida → county → municipality or Census community → industry demand, workforce, dual enrollment, resources, Pearson opportunity. URLs preserve state, county, place and topic. All 293 counties and the three states’ 2020 listed places are available. Major municipalities are accessible through the same list; no population-based ranking is asserted.

## Evidence handoff

Provide one JSON record per claim or resource, using the fields below. Attach sources, publication date, review date and exact geography. Group batches by state and county. Do not edit the shared website.

| Field | Required meaning |
|---|---|
| id | Unique stable research record ID |
| geoLevel | county or place |
| geoId | Five-digit county FIPS or seven-digit state+place code, stored as text |
| countyIds | Array of five-digit counties where this finding applies; not automatically every county a place touches |
| topic | industry, workforce, dual, resources or pearson |
| title / summary | Concise finding and its supported interpretation |
| scopeLabel | Exact geographic coverage of source; distinguish county, city, metro or workforce region |
| status | verified or needs-review; verified means source reviewed, not guaranteed current availability |
| sourceUrl / sourceTitle | Official supporting source and readable title |
| sourceDate | ISO date where known; null otherwise |
| checkedAt | ISO review date |
| nextStep | Concrete question or action remaining |
| resourceUrl | Optional official program/enrollment/resource link |

For industry evidence include NAICS code and title, measure (employment, establishments, wages or investment), units, reference period, source geography, observed versus projected status, and any suppression or uncertainty. A project announcement is not realized employment. Retain county, metro and workforce-region evidence at its actual level; do not attribute it to individual municipalities without supporting evidence.

For workforce evidence include occupation/SOC, measure, units, period, source geography and whether a finding is observed or projected. For dual enrollment include institution, district/school, service area, program, credential/credit, eligibility and costs where established. For resources identify intended audience and service restrictions. For Pearson separate published capability from proposed fit, potential buyer, funding availability and qualified commercial evidence.

## Geography rules

Use Census GEOIDs, not name matching or ZIP codes, as joining keys. A municipality may have multiple county relationships. CDPs are statistical communities, not municipalities. County boundaries do not establish school-district or workforce-board boundaries. Preserve regional evidence as regional context; do not copy it into each municipality as a local measured finding. Confirm annexations, incorporations and current service areas when relevant.

## Files for the editor

Geography: app/local/data/GA.json, AL.json, FL.json. Research: app/local/data/research.json. Model: app/local/types.ts. Validation: scripts/validate-local-geography.py. Updates to findings take effect through a reviewed website deployment; no automatic research ingestion is enabled. The current finding list is empty intentionally, not evidence of no opportunity.

## Geographic sources and vintage

- County geometry: Census 2017 cartographic boundaries via https://github.com/topojson/us-atlas
- Place relationships and type: Census 2020 https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html
- Place reference points: Census 2020 Gazetteer https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.2020.html

These are a dated design/navigation baseline, not a current legal-boundary audit.