The Centralina Economic Development District (EDD) conducted its second Steering Committee virtual meeting for the 2022 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) planning process on 4pm to 6pm Thursday, April 21, 2022. The Committee participated in an interactive SWOT exercise, discussed themes for the CEDS vision statement and reviewed plans for regional stakeholder engagement. Click link…

The Centralina Economic Development District (EDD) conducted its first Steering Committee virtual meeting for the 2022 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) planning process on 4pm to 6pm Thursday, March 17th, 2022. Click link below to access the slide deck: Steering Committee Kick Off slide deck 3.17.22 CEDS Steering Committee Meeting Schedule CEDS Steering Committee Roster…

September 9th, 2021, the Regional Resilience Collaborative (RRC) hosted the Regional Recovery Summit, which featured discussions with disaster recovery experts from across North Carolina and the United States. Representatives from state, local and federal government and nonprofit organizations shared their experiences, addressing the many challenges of rebuilding sustainable and equitable communities following large-scale disasters. October…

Event Registration Featuring Laura Hogshead, a native North Carolinian, is Chief Operating Officer of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR). She served as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2017 and served on the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee from 2007 to…

The 2020 State of the CEDS annual publication has been completed and provided for the Centralina EDD April 21st Annual Board meeting. This year’s edition provided for this newsletter, includes an Economic Overview, Areas of Opportunity and an Evaluation of the CEDS. Find the Report, here,: State of the CEDS 2020

After over ten years of dedicated service to our region and a 40+ year career in the Carolinas, Michael (Mike) Manis will be retiring from his position at Centralina. We wish Mike the best of luck!  At the April 15th Annual Board meeting, Geraldine Gardner, Executive Director of Centralina Regional Council was approved to replace…