Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee
Overview of Program
North Country Council (NCC) annually updates and every 5 years completely revises the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) document. This effort is led by an approximately 30-member CEDS committee which meets every other month.
The CEDS committee’s role is to address economic problems affecting economically distressed rural and urban communities; by helping them:
- Develop and strengthen their economic development planning and institutional capacity to design and implement business outreach and development programs.
- Develop or expand public works and other facilities, financing tools, and resources that will create new job opportunities, save existing jobs, retain existing businesses, and support the development of new businesses.
- Help communities increase their economic development capacities so that they can take advantage of existing resources and development opportunities.
Staff Contact
For more information contact Jeff Hayes, Assistant Executive Director.
Phone (603)444-6303 ext. 22 or email jhayes@nccouncil.org.
Committee Meetings
The CEDS Committee meets bi-monthly. View the Event Calendar for meeting dates.
Committee Members
Download CEDS Committee Member List (PDF) - Updated February 2010.
EDA Assistance
This service is made possible through a grant from the US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The primary objective of this planning assistance is to provide funding for administrative expenses to support the formulation and implementation of economic development planning programs and for the conduct of planning activities designed to create and retain permanent jobs and increase incomes, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation's most economically distressed areas.
EDA's planning assistance is for partnership planning grants with Districts, Indian Tribes and other eligible applicants, as well as for short term grants to eligible grantees.Planning activities supported by these funds must be part of a continuous process involving the active participation of public officials and private citizens, and include the following:
- Analyzing local economies
- Defining Economic Development Goals
- Determining Project Opportunities
- Formulating and implementing an economic development program that includes systematic efforts to reduce unemployment and increase incomes.
North Country Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
The 2008-2012 North Country Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy is now available. For those with high speed internet, click here to download (23MB). Others may contact Michelle Moren at mmoren@nccouncil.org or 603-444-6303 ext. 14 to request a copy on CD. For those who would like to view a hard copy, a notebook is being provided to each community's selectboard/city council. Copies are also available for use at the North Country Council office.