Central Illinois Regional Economic Development Strategy Sense of Urgency Breakout Session

1. Central Illinois Regional Economic Development Strategy Sense of Urgency Breakout Session Woodford Peoria Tazewell July 26, 2012 ViTAL Economy Alliance Frank Knott - fknott@vitaleconomy.com Steve Martin – steve.martin@intervistas.com Mark Madsen – mmadsen@priorityone-advisors.com Mason

2. Workshop Input – Build the Foundation What are the region’s issues of Challenge and Opportunity-1 • Opportunities • …Broadband • Aging population • Create effective sustainability plan • Challenges • Minority base is unprepared for the future • Lack of self confidence to empower people to move “up” • No vision, plan – lack of structured plan for people to participate in • Address our aging population • Create a true effective sustainability plan • Individualism of each of the communities • Unknown quality of place from outside and we need “pride” within ourselves • Unified government especially on local levels—issue of challenge • Broadband

3. Workshop Input – Build the Foundation What are the region’s issues of Challenge and Opportunity -2 • Opportunities • … • Challenges • …

4. Regional Sense of Urgency Frank Knott ViTAL Economy Create a concisestatement and visual element that gets immediate attention, motivates citizens and energizes participation. The final statement should be compelling with an emotional angle. Facts, themes, impressions that represent the positive (opportunities) or negative (issues) topics facing a community. Draft by August 30, 2012. Foundation breakout session plus 1-2 additional development and refinement conference calls. Objective: Input Content: Timeline:

5. What are the region’s Sense of Urgency? • What is being said at the local café? • What topics will motivate hundreds of citizens to commit time, talent & treasure? • What are the unrealized opportunities, if they were successful, would have changed the region’s internal and external perception?

6. Southern Illinois Sense of Urgency Southern Illinois Poverty Ranking Source: IL Poverty Summit, “2004 Report on Illinois Poverty,” Based on US 2000 Census or IL Dept of Employment Security data & Atlas of Illinois Poverty Spring 2003

7. ADVANTAGE…Maryland! “We are in a competitive race to become… A national leader in life science Smart distribution center of excellence for I-95 Corridor Information highway leader in virtual access to PST talent State of Maryland: Sense of Urgency

8. Clallam County 1979 - $29,626 2002 - $25,211 -15% Washington State 1979 – $31,517 2002 - $38,785 +18.5% Olympic Peninsula: Sense of Urgency

9. Workshop Input – Build the Foundation Sense of Urgency Ideas: July 26, 2012 Breakout Session-1 • Create common cause between rural and urban communities • Getting rid of us and them • Now—yes, we can do this • Build moral within companies from the bottom up—move the people in the middle up to get more at the bottom • The future our children will be living, working and playing in is being built today, who is building it. • Change “island in itself” mentality • Create high quality jobs, matching wages • We live in the State of IL • Lack of basic financial education for the majority of the population • Businesses have open jobs they cannot fill • Fix workforce to match jobs, businesses will leave • Attract young professionals or we don’t have a workforce • We need to get rid of the negative attitude and build on the positive attributes (build the army) • …poverty, crime, --need to clean up boarded up buildings, etc. • Who are we – we need to be able to “hang our hat” onto something—what is that something

10. Workshop Input – Build the Foundation Sense of Urgency Ideas: July 26, 2012 Breakout Session-2 • … • …

11. Workshop Input – Build the Foundation Sense of Urgency Ideas: July 26, 2012 Breakout Session-3 • … • …