Beginning in June of 2020, the Eastern Ontario Leadership Council worked with Limestone Analytics (a Kingston-based firm) to develop an econometric model that would help us estimate the impact of COVID-19 on the regional economy. Limestone Analytics created and launched (through this website) the first iteration of their model in June of 2020 --- within 90 days of the original public health lockdown. Limestone Analytics maintained and improved their economic impact modelling tool through to January of 2021, providing the EOLC with monthly updates and offering insight into the results generated by their modelling.
Since the spring of 2021, Limestone Analytics and the EOLC have taken the modelling tool offline for redevelopment to serve broader purposes (particularly non-COVID scenario testing). Anyone interested in further information about this modelling work is invited to get in touch with the EOLC Project Coordinator at contact@eolc.info.