Investing in People and Places: Greater Philadelphia's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

Oct 01, 2014 | by
  • Description

This report was created to satisfy provisions for a regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Greater Philadelphia. The report includes background demographic, economic, and land use data; identifies regional strengths, challenges, and opportunities; sets regional economic development goals and objectives; discusses community and private sector participation in the development and implementation of the CEDS; identifies key projects and activities designed to advance the CEDS goals and objectives; describes a plan of action for implementing the strategy; and identifies performance measures that will be tracked in future years to measure progress made toward achieving the regional goals. The regional CEDS was developed under the guidance of a Strategy Committee that includes representatives of the county planning and economic development agencies, regional economic development organizations, educational institutions, and the private sector.