2025-2029 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
Advancing the Alleghenies, the Southern Alleghenies Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), 2025-2029 is a data-driven regional planning effort that is intended to promote and coordinate economic development across our six counties over the next five years. It is required for the region to receive Economic Development Administration funding, and is used to support many other federal and state funding applications. The 2025-2029 CEDS and its analyses, goals, objectives, strategies, measurable outcomes, and implementation partners has been completed and is available below.
2025-2029 CEDS Plan – Final
SAP&DC is an Economic Development District (EDD), as designated by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. As an EDD, SAP&DC is required to maintain an updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) document and an active CEDS Committee behind it. An approved CEDS is a requirement for EDA funding of economic development projects.
The CEDS is a strategy-driven regional planning effort that promotes and coordinates economic development. It involves detailed socioeconomic background studies and the drafting of prioritized strategies, goals, objectives, and measurable outcomes for regional economic development, resiliency, and equity. It involves outreach to and participation from county governments, local governments, economic development organizations, labor unions, institutions of higher education, workforce developers, community organizations, non-profits, utilities, and businesses.
