1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
The Census record identifies Gray as a municipal town in Cumberland County. A dashboard can become misleading when a firm treats Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, a metropolitan area, households and individuals as interchangeable. They are not. A Gray-focused review should specify which service areas belong in the reporting view and which do not. The town’s recorded population is useful context for defining the local entity, but it cannot be converted into a forecast of consultations or cases.
Recommended approach
Bring a written geographic scope to the consultation. Decide whether the dashboard should separate Gray from Cumberland County and from broader Maine activity. Ask how service-area labels will appear beside rankings, calls and leads. Do not approve a report until the firm can explain what each geographic field means and which decisions it is intended to support.
