NADO.org » Training http://www.nado.org National Association of Development Organizations Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:14:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=147 Best Practices for EDDs and CEDS http://www.nado.org/best-practices-for-edds-and-ceds/ http://www.nado.org/best-practices-for-edds-and-ceds/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:48:14 +0000 Kathy Nothstine http://www.nado.org/?p=6397 Brian Kelsey, NADO’s Director of Economic Development, presented at the Alabama Association of Regional Councils Annual Training Conference on October 23, 2012. Attendees received an overview of best practices for Economic Development Districts and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), as well as the latest news about statewide CEDS projects going on in other states. Alabama’s Consolidated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, completed in 2011, provided a template that many other states are now following. This short workshop was funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration as part of NADO’s Know Your Region initiative.

The presentation is available here.

]]> http://www.nado.org/best-practices-for-edds-and-ceds/feed/ 0 Know Your Region Webinar: Creating Statewide Approaches to Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (5/31/2012) http://www.nado.org/may-31-know-your-region-webinar-creating-statewide-approaches-to-comprehensive-economic-development-strategies/ http://www.nado.org/may-31-know-your-region-webinar-creating-statewide-approaches-to-comprehensive-economic-development-strategies/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:57:38 +0000 Matt Black http://www.nado.org/?p=4553 Understanding the need to align goals and opportunities into a single document, several State Associations have been collaborating to create Statewide Comprehensive Development Strategies that align community and economic development, emergency preparedness, energy, affordable housing, technology, telecommunications, transportation and workforce development plans or a combination of these. Representatives from Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina will provide training on the methods that their State Associations are using to develop and implement statewide comprehensive development strategies.

Webinar Speakers include:

Jeff Pruitt – Planning Director, Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments Alabama Consolidated CEDS – informed by the 12 Regional Councils in Alabama the CEDS brings together and “consolidates” the regional strategies from the various Regional Councils into a statewide strategy and provides a statewide perspective back to the Regional Councils to provide guidance in the preparation and implementation of their respective regional strategies.

Scott Koons – Executive Director of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council The Florida Association of Regional Councils has been working with the state of Florida to coordinate their individual district strategies into the State’s Economic Development Strategic Plan.

Betty Huskins – Executive Director of the North Association of Carolina Regional Councils The North Carolina Association of Regional Councils is leading a collaborative partnership with assistance from the US Economic Development Administration, North Carolina Department of Commerce -Division of Community Development, the US Department of Housing & Urban Development and the SAS Institute of Cary, NC to create a statewide Strategy for Comprehensive Economic Development for North Carolina.

Click here to access presentation slides.

Click here to access the webinar video.

]]> http://www.nado.org/may-31-know-your-region-webinar-creating-statewide-approaches-to-comprehensive-economic-development-strategies/feed/ 0