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Older Adults and Economic Development: Planning for an Aging Population

The United States is experiencing rapid population aging, which is reshaping regional labor markets, healthcare demands, consumer spending patterns, housing needs, and public services. Economic Development Districts (EDDs) can play a critical role in addressing these challenges and enabling older adults to age in place. This report explores the various regional impacts of population aging, as well as the roles that EDDs can and have filled to ensure people and economies are able to thrive.

December 12, 2024

Strengthening Regional Food Systems

Introduction Food plays a vital role in our lives. From fields, pastures, and gardens to packing houses and processing facilities to retail spaces, food hubs,

September 18, 2024

Tools of the Trade: Regional Brownfields RLFs for EDDs

This resource will address some key points in establishing a regional Brownfields RLF and provide helpful tips for getting a regional or local-specific program off the ground.

July 2, 2024

RLF 201 Workshop Recording

The Economic Development District Community of Practice (EDD CoP) and the Revolving Loan Fund Community of Practice (RLF CoP) hosted the RLF 201 workshop on Tuesday, June 11 at 2 p.m. ET.

June 14, 2024

Tribal Engagement 101 for Economic Development Districts

This guide provides an introductory overview of tribal engagement strategies for staff
at Economic Development Districts (EDDs). It also It highlights the value
of looking at economic development holistically and inclusively.

June 17, 2024

Post-BRAC Renewal: Adaptive Reuse on the Southern Plains

Key lessons can be learned from how Economic Development Districts (EDDs) have convened, adapted, and reacted to BRAC closure actions in their communities and local military installations. This case study will feature South Plains Association of Governments (SPAG) in west Texas and their valuable work redeveloping Reese Air Force Base outside of Lubbock, TX.

June 27, 2024

Montana Regions Working Together to Build Local Supply Chain Resilience

Economic Development Districts (EDDs) working together across regional boundaries can use federal and state investments to drive transformative economic impact across their regions. Rural regional organizations may have limited staff capacity on their own, but when partnered with other EDDs, these coalitions can have an outsized economic impact on their regions.

April 25, 2024

Webinar: Focusing on Assets Through Wealth Creation

This second webinar in the wealth creation series showcases how EDDs can use the eight capitals as a framework for identifying and building on assets in economic development. Kade Jones talks about how Acadiana Planning Commission in Louisiana is using wealth creation in its community prospectuses (through its Opportunity Zone initiative) and its CEDS, through its SWOT analysis, its strategies and its metrics. Eric Smith, of Great Lakes Urban and USDA Extension, speaks through storytelling about how wealth creation has figured into his work in Appalachian Ohio, Uganda and Michigan. This session also provided space for participants to network and discuss ways that they might consider assets in their work.

June 26, 2024

Webinar: Building a Wealth Creation Learning Community

In this first webinar of a series, NADO Research Foundation’s Melissa Levy interviews Region Five Development Commission Executive Director Cheryal Hills about how she got started with WealthWorks, how she began to integrate it into her work, and how she uses it now. Following the guided discussion, participants engaged in a conversation of the greater wealth creation community and what would be most useful to that community moving forward. Aspen Community Strategies Group also shared online tools and resources for practitioners as part of the discussion.

April 5, 2024

Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Growth Toolkit

Economic Development Districts (EDDs) can use in-house community and economic development planning experience to provide localized recommendations and strategies for their member communities as these communities take on affordable housing challenges. View this case study to learn more.

March 26, 2024