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• Integrating Economic Resilience in Performance-based Transportation Planning

  Posted on: February 2nd, 2018 by Carrie Kissel

  Using information from dozens of regional planning and development organizations and their partners, the report suggests a framework for considering economic resilience and the input of economic development stakeholders throughout a performance-based planning process.

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• “CEDS Fundamentals” Webinar Tutorial

  Posted on: January 30th, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  This tutorial provides an introduction to the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov/ceds), discusses key elements of the CEDS, and covers information about engagement, implementation, and other resources to support your organization during the CEDS process. This presentation...

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• Recording Now Available for SWOT and Resilience Webinar

  Posted on: January 18th, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis allows for a region to come together to perform a “status check” and answer the question “Where are we now?” in terms of competitive advantages and disadvantages.  One of the four required sections...

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• Registration Now Open for March 21 CEDS Workshop

  Posted on: January 11th, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  ***Registration has now closed*** Registration is now open for the NADO Research Foundation (http://www NULL.nado NULL.org/)‘s “An Afternoon with the CEDS,” a half-day, interactive training workshop on March 21, 2018 in Arlington, VA immediately following the NADO-DDAA Washington Conference. ...

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• “Incorporating Resilience into the CEDS” Webinar Tutorial

  Posted on: January 9th, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  Resilience planning provides a very workable framework to support building strong and prosperous communities and regions.  This 20-minute webinar lecture covers the ins and outs of economic resilience, what it means, why it matters, and how best to incorporate resilience...

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• Register for Upcoming Webinar on the SWOT and Resilience

  Posted on: January 5th, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis allows for a region to come together to perform a “status check” and answer the question “Where are we now?” in terms of competitive advantages and disadvantages.  One of the four required sections...

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• CEDS Spotlight: Southeastern Montana Development Corporation

  Posted on: January 2nd, 2018 by Brett Schwartz

  The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) has the potential to be a true road map that brings together many voices from your region to form a common vision for economic prosperity and resilience.  Through the CEDS Spotlight case studies series,...

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• Save the Date for CEDS Training Workshop on March 21

  Posted on: December 13th, 2017 by Brett Schwartz

  The NADO Research Foundation (http://www NULL.nado NULL.org/) is excited to host “An Afternoon with the CEDS,” a half-day, interactive training workshop on March 21, 2018 in Arlington, VA immediately following NADO’s Washington Policy Conference.  At this free workshop, you will...

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• NADO RF Webinar Provides Data Literacy Training to Support CEDS Planning

  Posted on: December 7th, 2017 by Brett Schwartz

  Accessing, interpreting, and incorporating the right data are some of the most important tasks in writing an effective CEDS. The NADO Research Foundation (http://www NULL.nado NULL.org) and the BlastPoint (https://blastpoint NULL.co/) team delivered a free webinar that explored how big...

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• 2017 Regional Transportation Peer Exchange Summary

  Posted on: November 20th, 2017 by Carrie Kissel

  The summary documents discussion themes such as evolving RTPO planning with new practices and recent successful developments; connecting transportation planning and economic resilience; opportunities and concerns from transformative innovation; and more.

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