Matthew Kachura
Economic Development Research Manager

Matthew Kachura is the Project Manager of BNIA-JFI (Jacob France Institute). Matthew has been with the University of Baltimore since 1997 and brings expertise in several important areas to BNIA-JFI.  He has experience in economic development, workforce development, survey-based research, and a variety of other urban issues.  While with the Jacob France Institute Matthew has overseen the Maryland Business Climate Survey, a survey of 1,000 Maryland firms annually on a variety of issues including business performance and expectations, business climate and environment, business retention, and workforce issues.  He also has worked on a variety of projects focused in areas including regional workforce development planning high technology issues, economic impact analysis, urban and regional issues including the Baltimore Empowerment Zone, the earned income tax credit, and commuter issues.  Matthew received his Bachelor’s in Economics from UMD College Park, earned his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore, and  is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Public Policy specializing in Urban Issues from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 

Matthew Kachura is Project Manager for the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance. 

Publications and Reports: 

WYPR Interview East Side BioPark
April 20, 2007
The East Side Biotechnology Park will be bringing jobs for the city and its residents - but who will qualify for these jobs? What job opportunities will exist for residents who have relocated from the Middle East area? Will Baltimore's workforce be ready when the biopark is open? Sheilah will speak to Mr. Robert C. Penn, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of East Baltimore Development, Inc (EBDI), and Matthew Kachura of the University of Baltimore's Jacob France Institute.

A Review and Synthesis and EBMC Evaluation Materials (August 2005)

The Job Creation Impacts of the Baltimore Empowerment Zone: 1994 – 2004 (August 2005)

•  The Susquehanna Workforce Development Study (March 2004)
   

• Workforce Challenges Impacting Businesses in the Chesapeake Region (December 2003)
   

• The Importance of the EITC and its Economic Effects in Baltimore City (June 2004)

• Carroll County Technology Development Feasibility Study, January 2004, (pdf)
   

• The Carroll County Commuter Survey, a study on transportation issues in Carroll County (May 2002); 

• The Utility Economic Development Survey, a study on economic development of utility providers nationally (January 2000); 

• The Carroll County Economic Development Labor Survey, a study on economic development and labor issues in Carroll County, Maryland (June 1999); and

• The Economic Impact of the 2000 Waterfowl Festival, a study providing a demographic profile of tourists to the Festival and measuring the impact of the Waterfowl Festival on Talbot County, Maryland (released March 2001).

• Maryland Business Climate Surveys

• Demographic Profile of New Downtown Baltimore Residents Prepared for the Downtown Partnership (pdf)

• VITAL SIGNS IV - Updated February 21, 2007

   

If you would like additional information regarding any of these reports please contact Matthew at 410-837-6651.

Contact:   
Matthew Kachura
The Jacob France Institute
University of Baltimore
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland  21201
mkachura@ubalt.edu
(410) 837-6651        FAX:  (410) 837-5814