ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY In December 2021, GNRC adopted an update to the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). This process fulfills the shared responsibility of Mayors, business leaders, and state officials to cooperatively develop a strategy to align policy and infrastructure investments with the region’s shared vision for economic growth. The CEDS pulls together the economic development goals and priorities of local jurisdictions and strategies of regional entities to craft a document presents a shared vision and makes us more competitive for federal and state funding for economic development.
The Economic and Community Development team collaborates with local elected leaders, area chambers of commerce, local and state economic development officials, and state and federal agencies to prioritize and make investments in initiatives that increase economic prosperity and improve the quality of life throughout the region. Through the programs of the Economic and Community Development Department, GNRC provides a range of services to assist communities in increasing economic prosperity and improving quality of life, such as affordable housing preservation, industrial development, infrastructure improvements, job creation, tourism development, and workforce development.
Learn more about the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy at GNRC.org/CEDS.
Photo: GNRC’s Ashleigh Glasscock presenting to the ECD Advisory Committee during the development of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
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