1. ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE
2013 | SAN FRANCISCO
Assessing the Value of a Statewide CEDS

2. Panelists
Jeff Kiely, Northwest New Mexico COG
Kathleen Lewis, Southeast Idaho COG
Richard Manwaring, EDA (Seattle)

3. Statewide CEDS
Source: NADO. As of July 5, 2013. Includes projects in discussion, planning, implementation, or completed.

4. What’s driving interest?
• Political climate of fiscal austerity combined
with unprecedented cuts for community &
economic development programs
• Growing recognition of need for integrated
planning & statewide project
prioritization, especially for federally funded
projects
• EDDs volunteering for more responsibility in
statewide economic development

5. Key Takeaways (so far)
• Maintaining momentum and buy-in requires
dual focus on creating a compelling vision for
state’s economic future and delivering value
to participants (and EDDs) along the way.
• Private sector must be fully engaged and feel
ownership over outcomes. Otherwise you risk
ending up with “just another gov’t plan.”
• CEDS should reflect a serious commitment to
measureable economic progress.

6. http://ceds.alabama.gov

7. http://www.nctomorrow.org

12. Performance Measures

15. Maine State Strategy
Framework
Drivers of Economic Growth in Maine
Leadership
Access to
Capital
Education and Workforce
Development
Infrastructure
Asset Based Industry
Clusters
Entrepreneurship and
Innovation

16. http://blogs.uidaho.edu/idaho-pathways

17. NADO’s Statewide CEDS Workspace
For access to NADO’s statewide CEDS workspace on Google Drive please contact Brian
Kelsey at bkelsey@nado.org. You may need to set up a free Google account.

18. Panelists
Jeff Kiely, Northwest New Mexico COG
Kathleen Lewis, Southeast Idaho COG
Richard Manwaring, EDA (Seattle)

19. This presentation is based on work supported by the U.S. Economic Development
Administration (EDA) under Agreement No. 99-06-07548 and is part of the Know Your
Region project. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed
in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views
of EDA or the NADO Research Foundation. The NADO Research Foundation would like to
thank EDA for their support with this presentation and the Know Your Region project.
http://www.knowyouregion.org

20. National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
and the NADO Research Foundation
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