Profiling Your Region

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Profiling Your Region

• Module Two

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Session Overview

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

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A BRIEF SET REVIEW
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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

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Core Training Modules
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Producing a High Quality Plan The Essential
Components

• Evidence-Based

• Practical

Teams Regional Plan
Aligned with Vision Goals

• Broadly Supported

• Focused on Regional Economic Development

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Defining Economic developmentproceed with
c.a.r.e.
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Elements of Economic Development
GOAL An improved quality of life for people in
the region
Source Barta, et al., 2010
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The C.A.R.E. Model
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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

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DEFINING A REGIONDifferent Approaches
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What is a Region?

• Geographical area of similar characteristics
• Similar within
• Different from other places
• Area with unique identity and meaning

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Regions Can be Defined Using Different Lenses
Political
Ecological
Administrative
Policy or Data Relevant
Geographic
Economic
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SET Focuses on Economic Regions

• SET begins with a group of geographically linked
  counties that want to work and think regionally.
• SETs main focus is connecting counties that are
  economically linked through economic clusters.

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County PlansAny Regional Possibilities?

• Any focused on regional economic development
  activities? Which ones?
• Can the region compete at the multi-state,
  national, and/or international levels?

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EXPLORING THE DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF YOUR REGION
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Major Demographic Characteristics
Category Key Variables of Interest
Population Population Size Gender Race Ethnic Composition Age Structure Components of Population Change Population Projections
Household Housing Number of Households Persons Per Household Type of Households Housing Tenure
Education Income Educational Attainment Geographic Mobility by Education Median Household Income Persons in Poverty
Health Mortality Length of Life Morbidity How Healthy People Feel
For more data, go to http//quickfacts.census.gov
/qfd/index.html
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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

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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

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Your Turn Dig In!
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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?