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Profiling Your Region

Profiling Your Region. Module Two. Session Overview. Review key elements of SET Define economic development; examine your related activities Examine approaches to defining a region Explore regional demographic features. A BRIEF SET REVIEW. Purpose of SET.

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Profiling Your Region

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  1. Profiling Your Region Module Two

  2. Session Overview • Review key elements of SET • Define economic development; examine your related activities • Examine approaches to defining a region • Explore regional demographic features

  3. A BRIEF SET REVIEW

  4. Purpose of SET Help rural communities/counties to work together as a regional team in developing and implementing an economic development blueprint that builds on the current and emerging economic strengths of their region

  5. Core Training Modules

  6. Producing a High Quality Plan: Essential Components

  7. Defining Economic development:proceed with c.a.r.e.

  8. Elements of Economic Development GOAL: An improved quality of life for people in the region Source:Barta, et al., 2010

  9. The C.A.R.E. Model

  10. Group Activity • Review economic development plans of counties/cities in your region • Categorize activities using the C.A.R.E. model • Identify common activities, major differences • Examine the balance between activities in each component of the C.A.R.E. model

  11. DEFINING A REGION:Different Approaches

  12. What is a Region? • Geographical area of similar characteristics: • Similar within • Different from other places • Area with unique identity and meaning

  13. Regions Can be Defined Using Different Lenses Political Ecological Administrative Policy or Data Relevant Economic Geographic

  14. SET Focuses on Economic Regions • SET begins with a group of geographically linked counties that want to work and think regionally. • SET’s main focus is linking counties that are economically linkedthrough economic clusters.

  15. County Plans:Any Regional Possibilities? • Any focused on regional economic development activities? Which ones? • Can the region compete at the multi-state, national, and/or international levels?

  16. EXPLORING THE DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF YOUR REGION

  17. Major Demographic Characteristics For more data, go to: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

  18. Major Demographic Characteristics For more data, go to: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

  19. Data Analysis Options • Cross-sectional– look at data at one point in time • Comparative – examine data in your county relative to other counties • Longitudinal – focus on changes in the data over time

  20. What to Look for • Conditions the data describe • Direction of change • Intensity of change • Comparison of counties in the region • Overall picture the data paint

  21. Your Turn – Dig In!

  22. Final Reflections • Key takeaways from this module? • Most helpful information? Least helpful? • Homework to be completed prior to the next SET meeting? • Additional participants needed for next SET session? Who will contact? • Other items?

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