The Orlando Prosperity Scorecard captures a view of the Orlando region before the national economy was brought to a standstill. It serves as a baseline, highlighting the trends that were playing out in an economy that seemed strong by standard measures. It helps us better understand how prosperity has been distributed in Orlando and where barriers to economic mobility linger, even at a time when typical measures of growth suggest economic success.

We invite you to use the Orlando Prosperity Scorecard as a catalyst for aligning your personal and organizational strategies as critical components of the collective action necessary to achieve broad-based prosperity. View the What can you do? section below for more information.

Key Takeaways

1. The Prosperity Scorecard shows that barriers to workforce participation have been decreasing over time. Orlando has an educated workforce with access to new opportunities being created by a digital economy.  
2. However, this growth is fragile and has not been enough to propel Orlando forward in rankings among peer metros. Prosperity is not distributed evenly in Orlando when we consider outcomes by race, ethnicity, and gender. The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic further threatens future prosperity. 

Opportunities measure the vibrancy of the regional economy. 

Capabilities indicate the ability of the region’s talent to take advantage of those opportunities – not only from a skills and training perspective, but also personal health. 

Access identifies barriers standing in the way of full participation in the economy.

Through this framework, Broad-based Prosperity™ is an outcome that exists in an economy creating opportunities for all; where regional talent has the capabilities to take advantage of those opportunities, and barriers limiting access to participate in the economy are removed.