EDCC Objectives

The certified community program has been designed to:

• Provide communities with a specific checklist of items that define proactive communities
• Identify communities with meaningful economic development agendas and capabilities increasing their opportunities for success
• Recognize community organizational infrastructure readiness and ability to respond to existing and prospective business and industry needs
• Encourage strategic cooperation among Nebraska's economic development organizations

EDCC Guidelines

Certification will require a serious commitment from the participating community.

This program is not a competitive process. Certification for individual communities results from meeting specific criteria. The designation will be reserved for those communities who exhibit
documented economic development readiness. Each applicant community will be judged against the program standards.

These include (but are not limited to):

• Organization
• Local industry target identification and workforce issues
• Infrastructure
• Local financing and business assistance
• Building and site availability
  

Other program parameters:
The educational and monitoring requirements for this program will be coordinated by DED with responsibility shared by development partners.

Participating partners will be asked to assist with:

• Identifying communities ready for the program
• Application assistance to communities, as appropriate
• Assistance with site visits and mock prospect visits
• Assistance with reviewing application materials
• Conducting on-site audits of application materials

For more information, contact:

Linda Black
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(308) 995-8742
Box 704
Holdrege, NE 68949