On December 2, 2014, the NADO Research Foundation hosted “Regional Economic Resilience and the CEDS,” a half-day workshop for HUD Sustainable Communities grantees attending the 2014 HUD SCI Convening in Washington, DC. Staff from 14 grantee projects coast-to-coast came together for training, peer exchange, and an opportunity to learn more about the new CEDS content guidelines and innovative strategies and approaches to ensure that the CEDS is more than just a static document, but rather a true roadmap and driver of economic resilience in regions. Attendees:
- Explored strategies to cohesively integrate economic resilience goals into planning efforts to strengthen their CEDS (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy) and other regional planning documents
- Learned about the best ways to identify key issues, develop calls to action, formulate goals, and move towards action and implementation
- Reviewed the new CEDS content guidelines that address economic resilience and other key areas and heard what these guidelines mean for developing CEDS and other regional plans
- Learned more about NADO RF’s online CEDS Library, a compilation of examples to assist Economic Development Districts (EDDs) and others navigate incorporating resilience to economic disruptions and other disasters into their CEDS
Workshop Resources:
- Workshop Agenda
- Workshop Participant Contact List
- Presentation: CEDS 101 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the CEDS (PDF)
- Presentation: An Introduction to the NADO Research Foundation’s CEDS Library (PDF)
This event was funded through the NADO Research Foundation’s capacity building work as part of the Sustainable Communities Learning Network which is supporting HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative grantees and EPA technical assistance recipients through training, peer exchanges, technical assistance, research and publications, and other resources. For more information about this event and NADO’s other capacity building activities, please contact NADO Research Foundation Program Manager Brett Schwartz.
