Region 10 is a designated Economic Development District and thus is responsible for creating and implementing a regional economic development plan.
This plan is called a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and is the region’s playbook for engaging in a collaborative, region-wide transformation of the economy in order to raise productivity, create wealth, and increase prosperity for residents. A CEDS is the result of a “regionally-owned” planning process designed to guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of a region.
It provides a coordinating mechanism for individuals, organizations, local governments, and private industry to engage in a meaningful conversation and debate about the economic direction of our region.
In 2020-2021, Region 10 updated the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy including updating for pandemic resiliency. This document will guide our region’s economic development work for the next five years. It was submitted to and approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration to guide the Region’s Economic Development from July 2021 through June 2026. Annual reviews and updates to the CEDS will also be submitted in July of each year.
