1. 2012 EDA SEATTLE REGION TRAINING CONFERENCE PORTLAND ∙ APRIL 4, 2012 CEDS Part I: Know Your Region

2. Training Outline 1.Statewide CEDS initiatives 2.Urban and rural innovation 3.Rethinking your CEDS

3. Statewide CEDS Initiatives Linking, leveraging, and aligning

4. What’s driving interest? Fiscal environment: budget cuts at federal and state agencies motivating new partnerships Collaboration: some EDDs using CEDS as opportunity to present “united front” Think tanks: promulgating advantages of “bottom-up” regional strategies

5. http://nyworks.ny.gov

7. New York’s Bottom-Up Process New regional councils did not take advantage of existing RPC boundaries and networks State employees were appointed as executive directors of new regional councils Local elected officials allowed to serve in advisory, ex-officio capacity only

8. http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/OEDIT/OEDIT/1251595201376

11. http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2011/1026_pragmatic_caucus_katz_rodin.aspx

12. http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1213_new_york_economy_katz.aspx

14. Known Statewide CEDS Initiatives Source: NADO. As of March 29, 2012.

15. http://ceds.alabama.gov

16. http://www.nctomorrow.org

17. NC TOMORROW A Collaborative for Sustainable Economic Growth

23. Takeaways for EDDs Consider your role in state delivery system— are you where you want to be? Think about potential of statewide CEDS for peer support and accountability Consult your peers—too soon for identifying best practices, but plenty of experience Discuss with EDA