CEDS Steering Committee Priority Issues & Key Initiatives
The CEDS Steering Committee is focused on addressing priority issues such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, resilience, asset-based development, community culture, and more. The committee emphasizes the importance of not only identifying key initiatives but also making CEDS a sustainable and evolving process with regular check-ins. Recommendations from small groups aim to keep priority issues distinct and enhance the region's growth while maintaining its natural resources.
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CEDS STEERING COMMITTEE #6 Priority Issues & Key Initiatives
CEDS VALUES 1. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice 2. Resilience 3. Asset Based Development a. Quality Natural Environment Incorporating into CEDS: Part of Key Initiative Criteria CEDS Evaluation Metrics Graphically b. Placemaking 4. Community Culture a. Culture of Care Earlier for future processes b. Collaboration Agenda Item 2
REVIEW SEPTEMBER STEERING COMMITTEE DECISIONS 1. Not prioritizing Issues, having 10 total 2. Not creating detailed strategies with action plans Instead, reference existing efforts and the organizations leading them Identify small number of Key Initiatives 3. Make CEDS a living process with regular quarterly? Check-ins Agenda Item 3
OCTOBER SMALL GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Keep Priority Issues Housing & Houselessness Separate 2. Rework Priority Issue Quality of Life to Build, Leverage, and Protect Amenity Driven Growth 3. Key Initiative recommendations to follow Agenda Item 4
2. BUILD, LEVERAGE, AND PROTECT AMENITY DRIVEN GROWTH Former Priority Issue #10 Resident Wellbeing, Placemaking, and Quality of Life Could Include: Includes elements of: Environmental Protection Sustainable Tourism (managing the impacts of increasing visitors to the region) Initiative: Advocate for changes in Transient Room Tax statue to allow for more flexibility and local investment Maintaining our natural resources and recreation amenities Benefits: to promote and preserve the region, increase talent attraction and investment Encouraging the development of placemaking increasing community amenities across the region Manage: consequences of growth, cost of living increases, infrastructure impacts Agenda Item 4.B
1. PRIORITY ISSUE REVIEW Ready/Speculative Employment Buildings and Sites Innovation & Emerging High-Growth Industries Business Support System and Business Climate Build, Leverage, and Protect Amenity Driven Growth Housing Houselessness Childcare Workforce Development Infrastructure Resilience/Natural Hazards/Preparedness
3. KEY INITIATIVES Small Group Recommendations Agenda Item 4.C
DRAFT CRITERIA 1. Has the ability to equitably impact the whole region 4. Coordinated effort that leverages multiple partners Geographically and across different groups 5. Scalable an investment/initiative that is not a one-off 2. Clearly supports economic development 6. Contributes to resilience/durability supports businesses, labor force, and/or community readiness Bonus: Addresses multiple Priority Issues 3. Measurable clearly defined progress metrics Agenda Item 4.C
EXAMPLE KEY INITIATIVES Other Ideas Considered by the Small Group: Proposed Key Initiatives: Innovation Hub Food Systems/Food Security Hub Regional Housing Council Regional Homeless Plan (HDH) Actionable coordinated workforce development strategy CORE3 ECWorks lead Develop a regional climate resilience/adaptation plan Coordinated Region-Scale infrastructure projects and investments (e.g. water, 97, energy) Deliver project and resource development services to local communities to meet local infrastructure needs Small Business Support Systems & Business Climate one stop no wrong door navigator Regional Broadband Plan/BB Infrastructure Projects Childcare infrastructure workforce dev/training, space/facilities Agenda Item 4.C
KEY INITIATIVES ACTION PLANNING Upcoming Action Planning Sessions? Developing action plans as a next CEDS Committee step Criteria: what, whom, using what resources, by when? Outcomes measured how? Agenda Item 4.C
WHATS NEXT? CEDS COMMITTEE Key Initiatives Action Planning Meeting Draft CEDS Review (Goal Date?) STAFF TEAM Writing! Includes data & Issue narratives Community Meetings (before Christmas) Evaluation Criteria Project List* from Key Partners Agenda Item 5
