Matthew Tarleton
Project Manager
Phone: 404-588-2447
Email: Matthew Tarleton
Matthew Tarleton
brings professional experience with economic analysis, research design, and
business development to Market Street. He carries a detailed
understanding of various data series that are used by Market Street on a daily basis. Mr. Tarleton enjoyed a blend of undergraduate
and graduate education in economics and urban planning, with extensive training
in econometrics and research methods. In
his time at Market
Street, Mr. Tarleton has served
as the project manager or lead research associate on fifteen different projects
in six states.
Mr. Tarleton is
currently managing a community visioning process for Vestavia Hills, Alabama as
well as strategic planning processes in Cobb County, Georgia and the City of
Alpharetta, Georgia. He has recently managed strategic and organizational
planning processes for the Cobb County Convention and Visitors Bureau and the
Greater Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area. Mr. Tarleton has also worked
on numerous community and economic development planning processes for Birmingham,
Alabama; St. Louis, Missouri; Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Northwest Arkansas; Murray County, Georgia; and
Gwinnett County, Georgia. His background in applied economics has supported analyses
of agricultural export opportunities for the State of Georgia and a Housing Market Analysis for the Columbus, Georgia region in advance
of growth at the Fort Benning military base.
Prior to joining Market Street, Mr. Tarleton was employed as an Economic Development
Analyst with the Aelera Corporation in Alpharetta, Georgia where he developed
various economic indices, authored white papers, and conducted studies of
regional economic conditions, including industry and occupational cluster
analyses. He previously served as a
research assistant at the Center for Business and Economic Research at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he contributed to a number of
projects including a study of the emerging transportation, distribution, and
logistics cluster in the Triad region. Mr.
Tarleton also worked as a research assistant at the Triad Real Estate and
Building Industry Coalition, where he examined residential and commercial
growth patterns in the Piedmont Triad.
Mr. Tarleton holds a
Masters degree in Applied Economics from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelors degree in
Economics with Urban Planning as a second major. For his accomplishments inside and outside of
the classroom, he was presented with the Bryan Outstanding Achievement and
Leadership Award at Commencement. Mr. Tarleton also spent time studying abroad
at the London School of Economics.