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Hidalgo County ASSET MAPPING AND Strategic planning Project

Hidalgo County ASSET MAPPING AND Strategic planning Project. Asset Mapping Subcommittee Meeting 7-16-09. Agenda. Welcome and Overview Update on Asset Mapping Data Collection Working Lunch Organization and Presentation of Data Mexican Data Collection One-one-one Interviews

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Hidalgo County ASSET MAPPING AND Strategic planning Project

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  1. Hidalgo County ASSET MAPPING AND Strategic planning Project Asset Mapping Subcommittee Meeting 7-16-09

  2. Agenda • Welcome and Overview • Update on Asset Mapping Data Collection • Working Lunch • Organization and Presentation of Data • Mexican Data Collection • One-one-one Interviews • Update on Project Schedule

  3. Welcome and Overview Sofia Hernandez, Economic Development Director, Hidalgo County Judge’s Office

  4. Project Background • Hidalgo County wants to strengthen competitive position within state, national, and global markets • Hidalgo County received a EDA grant to develop a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy • County put out Request for Proposals • UTPA awarded contract to develop: • 1) asset map • 2) comprehensive economic development strategy

  5. Asset Map • Identifies assets a region has that can be leveraged for workforce and economic development • What assets (human, intellectual, financial, physical, institutional capital) do we have? • Where are the gaps? • Provides understanding of networks and attitudes • Provides baseline to judge future progress • Base for economic development strategic planning

  6. CEDS • Presents a 5-year plan and goals and objectives necessary to solve the economic problems, or capitalize on the resources, of the region • Provides County’s leadership with an economic development strategy for improving the County’s overall competitive position

  7. Asset Mapping Update Michael Uhrbrock, UTPA, Project Manager

  8. Project Update • 12 month project started in April 2009 • Create Asset Map (April 2009 – September 2009) • Create CEDS (October 2009 – March 2010) • Asset Mapping Status • Project team created • Project scoping done • Committees created • Kickoff meeting held • Wiki created

  9. Level 1 Asset Identification • Gather and review existing studies, reports, media stories, and economic development marketing materials for the county • Economic Studies and Reports compiled (http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/Industry+%26+Economy) • Conducted media story search • Marketing materials collected • Collect asset mapping data from data sources • Identified data to collect (subcommittee) • Collected data (75%). See progress spreadsheet. http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/Background.

  10. Level 2 Evaluation of Assets • Continue collecting, analyzing, and evaluating data • Collecting remaining data • Reviewing data for completeness • Analyzing and evaluating data • Conduct one-on-one interviews to fill in gaps • Drafted survey questions

  11. Working Lunch

  12. Working Lunch Agenda • Organization and Presentation of Data • Mexican Data Collection • One-one-one Interviews

  13. Organize and Present Data Brian Kelsey, President, Civic Analytics

  14. Organization of Data • Wiki: http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/ • Organized under “Asset Map” on menu • By major area and sub areas • Human Capital • K-12 Education Systems • Community Colleges • Four Year Colleges/Universities • Includes data files, web links, and articles

  15. Presentation of Data • What do we do with data? • How do we present it? • Maps • Charts • Tables

  16. Human Capital

  17. Financial Capital

  18. Quality of Life

  19. Physical Infrastructure

  20. Mexico Data Collection Cris Trevino, UTPA, Strategic Planner

  21. Items • Select geographic area to collect data on • Tamaulipas • Nuevo Leon • Review key data to be collected • Review timeframe • Assignments

  22. Regional Geographic Area

  23. Mexico Data Collection

  24. Key Data to Collect • Demographics • Highways • Angel Investors and Venture Capital Firms • Medical-related manufacturing companies • Banks • Population • Airports • Industrial Parks • Universities • Industry Associations • Labor Force • Maquiladoras

  25. Time Frame to Collect • 6 weeks to gather information July-August 2009

  26. Assignments • Who is going to gather what? • What format • Excel, Word, PDF, web links • To: • Sai Mullapudi, smullapudi@utpa.edu

  27. One-on-One Interviews Michael Uhrbrock, UTPA Project Manager

  28. Items • Survey • Review questions • Suggest persons to interview for areas • Business leaders • University leaders • Government officials • Venture Capitalist, Angel Investors, Bankers

  29. Project Schedule Update

  30. Schedule Update

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