Western Arizona Economic Development District (WAEDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) FY 2009-2010 Plans and Objectives (July 1, 2009).
2. CEDS Committee:
• Alan Pruitt - CEDS Coordinator
• La Paz County/Town of Quartzsite - Angie Masales - Chair
• Mohave County/City of Kingman - Dave White
• Yuma County - Declines to Participate
• City of San Luis - Dr. Michael Trend
• City of Wellton - Open
• Town of Parker - Open
• Town of Colorado City - Kimball Barlow
• City of Kingman -Open
• City of Bullhead City - Krital Gibson
• City of Yuma - Declines to Participate
• City of Lake Havasu - Open
3. Goals and Objectives
• To create a relevant and usable regional
economic strategy that can be shared
among partners
• Create a strategy that is generated by
members and partners
Implement regional scoping effort
Identify strategic initiatives
Revise multi-year action plan
Create annual action plan
• Outline update timeline
• Update/add contextual information
4. Timeline
• July 1st-August 15th:
o Scoping efforts with partner organizations to
coordinate strategic plans
Looking for duplication, identifying opportunities
o August 15th - August 31st:
Identify strategic initiatives
Revise multi-year action plan
Update annual action plan
Update contextual information
Distribute for review
o September 2nd:
Review/revisions
Adoption by WAEDD Board of Directors
Submit to EDA and partner organizations
5. Scope
regional
strategic
plans,
identify issues
and
opportunities
for synergism
Work on
identified
priorities
Revise CEDS,
Gather annual
additional plan, multi-
input and year plan
finalize CEDS as needed
6. Scoping Efforts
• Three strategic questions:
o From the perspective of your organization, in the past
12 months what went well?
o From the perspective of your organization, what
opportunities do you see on the horizon?
o How can WAEDD best help your organization?
9. Objectives in multi-
year strategic plan:
• Outreach to public/agencies/organizations
to promote organizational goals
• Facilitate communications to identify
shared strategies and goals
• Identify projects for regional economic
development
• Strategic/collaborative planning
• Facilitate regional entrepreneurship
10. FY 09-10 Annual Plan Objectives:
• Objective 1: Organizational Development
• Objective 2: Continue to build general awareness
of WAEDD goals, strategies, and projects
• Objective 3: Identify priority regional projects
based on economic significance and alignment
with WAEDD priorities
• Objective 4: Analyze feasibility of establishing a
regional coalition to leverage resources by
October 1st.
• Objective 5: Facilitate regional entrepreneurship