CED Strategic Initiatives and Program Tools
CED Strategic Initiatives and Program Tools
Economic Development and Workforce Preparation
Related CEDIK Programs
The Business Retention and Expansion Program provides a better understanding of the local business climate through in-depth surveys of business owners.
The First Impressions Program will help your community learn about its strengths and shortcomings through the eyes of first-time visitors.
Community Assessments assist economic development professionals and elected officials assess their potential for new economic opportunities.
Community Design, in partnership with the Department of Landscape Architecture, works with communities to address spatial planning and design needs for both urban and rural public spaces through activities, educational materials and collaborations with student designers.
The ‘Chalk and Talk’ program seeks to engage people in a creative and accessible way about their feelings, thoughts and views on their city’s downtown. In essence it is a way to informally gather and summarize the varying views and experiences of attendees of local festivals and events about the city while they are immersed in it. The intent is for this information to inspire dialogue and help inform the preliminary steps taken towards longer term design, planning and revitalization initiatives.
CREATE Bridges brings an innovative approach to addressing business and workforce development by supporting retail and hospitality industries.
Bludot is business retention & expansion platform designed for small and mid-sized communities.
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Leadership Development, Civic Engagement and Community Pride
Related CEDIK Programs
YELP seeks to equip youth with the civic engagement and entrepreneurial skills needed for them to participate as change agents in their community.
The First Impressions Program will help your community learn about its strengths and shortcomings through the eyes of first-time visitors.
The activities shared here can be utilized by communities to collect ideas, thoughts, or visions for community design projects.
This program curriculum builds group knowledge of community systems and community change, and expands the group's awareness of local policies, systems, and environmental conditions that impact health.
These publications facilitate leadership skill development among community members - including focus group facilitation, mapping resource networks, approaches for community engagement and convenings, and asset and barrier identification.
Community Health
Related CEDIK programs
CEDIK can work with your organization to do a thorough health assessment of community needs.
This program curriculum builds group knowledge of community systems and community change, and expands the group's awareness of local policies, systems, and environmental conditions that impact health.
Arts
Related CEDIK Programs
YELP seeks to equip youth with the civic engagement and entrepreneurial skills needed for them to participate as change agents in their community.
Community Design, in partnership with the Department of Landscape Architecture, works with communities to address spatial planning and design needs for both urban and rural public spaces through activities, educational materials and collaborations with student designers.
SPARK! Extension Creative Placemaking Toolkit provides thirteen activities that Extension professionals can use to integrate creative placemaking efforts in extension programming. The activities can be offered alone or in sequence with other activities shared in the toolkit as part of creative placemaking endeavors in communities.
