Encyclopedia Dubuque
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TRI-COLLEGES
TRI-COLLEGES. On October 10, 1989, on the twentieth anniversary of the Tri-College consortium of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE, [[LORAS COLLEGE], and CLARKE COLLEGE, the Tri-Colleges released their first joint report of economic impact on the tri-state region. Totaling $88.42 million in 1988, the impact included goods and services purchased locally, construction costs, spending by out-of-town visitors, spending by students, and payroll turnover in the region.
Visitors to the three colleges accounted for an estimated one-third of all the tourism dollars spent in Dubuque County in 1988. The three colleges together were then the third largest service employer in the region and the area's sixth largest if private sector industry was included. The social and cultural impact of the colleges in 1988 included one hundred forty-five events open to the community and seventy-two cultural events. The study found that 7,144 graduates of the Tri-Colleges continue to live in the area and work at 988 different businesses.