2025 Impact Award Recipients
The annual Impact Awards program honors NADO members for their creative approaches to advancing regional economic development and improving quality of life.
July 1, 2025
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Webinar: Disaster Preparedness and Economic Resilience – Key Considerations for EDDs
This webinar with the International Sustainable Resilience Center (ISRC) and NADO Research Foundation explored how EDDs can best position their regions for disaster preparedness and economic resilience. You’ll hear about key strategies such as establishing information networks, identifying vulnerabilities, developing action plans, utilizing resilience tools, and much more
March 4, 2025
Webinar: Leveraging Data to Support Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
This webinar with the NADO Research Foundation and StateBook highlighted how Economic Development Districts (EDDs) and other Regional Development Organizations (RDOs) can leverage data-driven insights to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters while building long-term economic resilience
February 27, 2025
Resilience Workshop Planning Guide
Regional development organizations are using local and regional resilience workshops to identify community climate and economic resilience needs, connect local leaders with funding opportunities, and create action plans for future sustainable growth. This new NADO resource provides a walk through of how organizations can bring these resilience workshops to their own regions. Topics covered include workshop goalsetting, stakeholder engagement, and post-workshop implementation, evaluation, and follow-up.
March 20, 2024
2024 Impact Award Recipients
The annual Impact Awards program honors NADO members for their creative approaches to advancing regional economic development and improving quality of life.
September 16, 2024
2023 Impact Award Recipients
The annual Impact Awards program honors NADO members for their creative approaches to advancing regional economic development and improving quality of life.
September 7, 2023
Webinar: Integrating Economic Development and Hazard Mitigation Planning
During this webinar, EDD staff and federal partners discuss opportunities and best practice to integrate CEDS and hazard mitigation plans in an effort to make regions more resilient and responsive to hazardous events.
July 19, 2023
Hazard Mitigation & CEDS Integration Tip Sheet
Hazard Mitigation & CEDS Integration Tip Sheet With the recent updates to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) CEDS Content Guidelines and FEMA State and
July 12, 2023
Webinar Briefing: The State of the EDDs & CEDS Content Guidelines Updates
This webinar briefing provides an update on the status of the national network of Economic Development Districts (EDDs) and information about the updated CEDS Content Guidelines featuring equity, climate resilience, and workforce development
June 9, 2023
Case Study: Arkansas Recovery and Resiliency Initiative
Arkansas Recovery and Resiliency Initiative Arkansas Economic Development Districts & EDA University Centers Only a few short months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,
April 25, 2023