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Title: Profiling Your Region


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Profiling Your Region
  • Module Two

2
Session Overview
  • Review key elements of SET
  • Define economic development examine your related
    activities
  • Examine approaches to defining a region
  • Explore regional demographic features

3
A BRIEF SET REVIEW
4
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

5
Core Training Modules
6
Producing a High Quality Plan Essential
Components
7
Defining Economic developmentproceed with
c.a.r.e.
8
Elements of Economic Development
GOAL An improved quality of life for people in
the region
Source Barta, et al., 2010
9
The C.A.R.E. Model
10
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

11
DEFINING A REGIONDifferent Approaches
12
What is a Region?
  • Geographical area of similar characteristics
  • Similar within
  • Different from other places
  • Area with unique identity and meaning

13
Regions Can be Defined Using Different Lenses
Political
Ecological
Administrative
Policy or Data Relevant
Geographic
Economic
14
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 linking counties that are
    economically linked through economic clusters.

15
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?

16
EXPLORING THE DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF YOUR REGION
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Major Demographic Characteristics
Variables of Interest Variables of Interest
Population Size Household Types
Sex (Gender) Housing Tenure
Age Structure Persons per Household
Population Projections Educational Level
Components of Population Change Income Level
Migration Patterns Poverty Level
Number of Households Journey to Work (Commuting)
For more data, go to http//quickfacts.census.gov
/qfd/index.html
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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 Major Causes of Death
For more data, go to http//quickfacts.census.gov
/qfd/index.html
19
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

20
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

21
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?
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