ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

The TJPDC assists local government, regional economic developers, colleges & universities, and area businesses to plan regionally for locally-based economic growth.

A draft of the CEDS plan is available at the links below and in person at the TJPDC offices. The TJPDC encourages all residents, businesses, community organizations, and stakeholders to review the proposed plan and provide valuable feedback. Comments and suggestions can be submitted electronically using this form through April 27, 2024

Economic Development Plan
Plan Appendices
Comments & Suggestions

About

Comprehensive economic planning through the TJPDC serves as a means to engage community leaders, leverage private sector involvement, and establish a strategic plan for regional collaboration. The TJPDC coordinates regional community goals of housing, transportation, equity, education and aging with economic planning. While local and regional economic development partnerships organize, recruit and sustain economic development activities, the TJPDC assists in planning for the hard and soft infrastructure.

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

The TJPDC was awarded an Economic Adjustment Assistance grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration in 2022 to support development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region. Working in collaboration with the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission, the GO Virginia Region 9 Council, and regional stakeholders, the overall project will produce unique CEDS plans for both the TJPDC and RRRC region focusing on each region’s economic assets, strengths and opportunities, as well as a super-regional report focused on the shared opportunities and strategies for the entirety of the two regions.
 
TJPDC and RRRC have contracted with Camoin Associates to oversee the development of the CEDS reports and are working with stakeholders from local governments, higher education, private sector (including but not limited to Chambers of Commerce, Workforce Development organizations, Small Business Development Centers and Main Street organizations) to provide oversight throughout the study development process. The CEDS project is anticipated to be completed by June 2024.

Background Information

CEDS Strategy Committee Meeting Information

February 21, 2024 Meeting

January 26, 2024 Meeting

December 14, 2023 Meeting

October 5, 2023 Meeting

April 27, 2023 Meeting

February 13, 2023 Meeting

* Documents posted on this webpage should be assumed to be in draft form unless otherwise noted.
 
For additional information, please contact Ruth Emerick at (434) 422-4821.