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 The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Barnstable County shows our region's leadership in economic development and helps attract both public and private investment to Cape Cod. Through a collaborative process, the CEDS has resulted in a coordinated action plan and a specific set of priority projects based on consensus. The following set of documents were submitted to the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) at the end of June 2009:
Final 2009 CEDS Report
Appendix to Final 2009 CEDS Report
The EDA approved the CEDS in early summer, and implementation is moving forward.
THE CEDS 2009 FIVE-YEAR UPDATE
The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is a collaborative effort of the Cape Cod Commission, the Cape Cod Economic Development Council, and many economic development and business professionals. The 2009 five-year update consists of three phases:
- Phase 1 - Planning Foundation: Phase 1 focused on research and data collection to inform the planning process in Phase 2; the long-term product will be an interactive web-based resource site, still under development, called STATScapecod. The site will disseminate data, generate statistical profiles of counties and town, and share economic development research and planning documents.
- Phase 2 - Strategy Development & Adoption: Phase 2 involved an extensive public planning process that resulted in a document adopted as the regional economic development five-year plan (above) by the Cape Cod Commission. Five work groups of regional stakeholders identified regional priority projects, which were then vetted by a series of focus groups and a two-week public-comment period. With funding support from Barnstable County's Cape Cod Economic Development Council, the five-year update of the CEDS completed Phase 2 on June 30, 2009. The resulting report submitted to and approved by the EDA includes regional and local projects that are eligible for EDA planning, technical assistance, and infrastructure development funds.
- Phase 3 - Implementation: Implementation of the strategy (Phase 3) began with a kick-off meeting on October 27, 2009. Organizers reviewed the work to date, and participants moved into working sessions to discuss implementation strategies for Year 1 Priority Projects. Progress will be assessed annually, with annual reports submitted to the EDA in order to remain eligible for those grant programs.
Background information about the 2009 process is available on a separate page. For more information, contact Cape Cod Commission Economic Development Officer Leslie Richardson, lrichardson@capecodcommission.org
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