1. Develop the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the City designed to guide the county’s economic growth IAW 13 CFR Part 303. • Creation and retention of high-quality jobs. • Diversification of the economy • Workforce investment and mitigation of the low-skilled labor force to high-skilled or specialized trade fields. • Financing economic infrastructures to solidify economic prosperity and growth. 2. Collect regional economic data: a. Determine local economic conditions and activity such as, but not limited to, employment, demographics, and existing industry data. b. Data will be collected from information through a variety of sources, which may include surveys, one-on-one interviews, focus groups and open public input. 3. Perform a market analysis identifying the most likely economic opportunities available to the community, as well as those opportunities having significant community drivers. Analysis may include some form of location quotient, cluster, or share shift analysis...
