COMBINING STRONGER ECONOMIES TOGETHER

(SET) and COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (CEDS) PROGRAMS TO

DEVELOP A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGY

HISTORY THAT HELPEDNevada was seen as being immune to recessions.

However Nevada’s monopoly on gaming has vanished.

Nevada led the nation in unemployment for many months after the beginning of the Great Recession.

U.S. Unemployment rate in August 2014 was 6.1%

State of Nevada in August 2014 was 7.6% which was ranked 4th highest of the 51 states and District of Columbia.

Last Biennium of State legislature created the Governor’s Office for Economic development

A target for GOED was to develop regional economic development strategies.

Western Nevada development district was the only EDA district in the state.

How To Get Regional Efforts Out of Area that Did Not Like Regionalism

USDA-Rural Development and Cooperative Extension joint effort to develop multi-county economic development efforts and targets.

GOED wanted regionalism but was puzzled on how to do it

WNDD needed an updated CEDS

WNDD wanted regional effort and information

DISCUSSION TODAY

USDA-Rural Development Stronger Economies Together (SET) Program

Incorporating SET into Regional CEDS

On-Going Efforts

SIERRA PACIFIC MEGAPOLITAN AREA

Western Nevada Development District SET Program Overview

WNDD Region

Carson CityChurchillDouglasHumboltLyonMineralPershingStoreyWashoe

SET Program Highlights

• February – October, 2012 (9 months)• Monthly workshops – rotation• Average 25-70 each workshop• Rural/Urban interface• Received $50,000 grant form Nevada

Governor’s Office of Economic Development

WNDD Vision Statement

Western Nevada is an innovative, regional economy, rooted in sustainable development and enriched by the area’s abundant natural resources and the collaboration of its independent unique communities. Region-wide, these prosperous communities demonstrate a forward-moving commitment to quality of life and to opportunity for all residents.

Regional Goals

Capacity Building Goals• Access to Capital• Communication and

Networking• Infrastructure

Improvement• Workforce

Development

Economic Sector Goals• Agribusiness• Energy• Manufacturing• Tourism• Transportation and

Logistics

SET Video – 13 minutes

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WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Nine Counties and six incorporated municipalities, plus nine CDP

Estimated 467215 residing in incorporated municipalities and CDP 72.6% living in urban environment

WNDD always up front in seeing the value of the SET process to develop the WNDD CEDS

First Meeting in Fallon, 16 February 2012, last meeting in Fallon, 28 November 2012

11 SET Meetings were conducted over a 10 month period at least once in each of the WNDD counties

Nine work groups were formed to work on implementation of the SET strategies

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Four Capacity Development goals were developed

Five Economic Sector Goals were developed

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Capacity Building GoalsAccess to Capital – Work group formed but did not coalesce WNDD is forming a revolving loan fund program to provide alternative business financing from USDA RBEG and Small Cities CDBG One loan (locksmith) approved and five pending applications

Communication and Networking – USDA RBEG to create a small business, locally owned and operated

web siteListing of business and serviceswww.buylocalruralnv.comListing - Food/Farming LOCAL-OrganicCustom Gardens Farm, Silver Springs, websiteLattin Farms LLC, Fallon, website (a leader in produce production in the region)Rambling River Ranches, Inc, FallonWorkman Farms, Fallon, website

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Capacity Building Goals (cont)Infrastructure Improvement – Infrastructure Improvement has been combined with Transportation and Logistics into a single work group

Tesla (Storey), Nevada Copper (Lyon) and on-going development at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (Storey), will make for a very active work group

Preliminary discussion at 8 October 2014 Board Meeting, discuss impacts of these three major economic development projects upon the region’s infrastructure

Local governments are responsible for installation (with other resources), operation, maintenance and operation of additional infrastructure

Infrastructure needs will be at the forefront for regional discussion and implementationWNDD working to develop a region wide conference (January 2015) to begin addressing infrastructure issues on a regional basis

Broadband issues are a part of this work group discussion

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Capacity Building Goals (cont)

Workforce Development – The three economic development projects are creating work force needs

Western Nevada College – seven WNDD counties

Truckee Meadows Community College – Washoe

Great Basin College – Humboldt

All three community colleges and Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) and private sector are components and partners for workforce training

UNR College of Engineering – developing a minor in Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS), we are seeing more use of robotics in some of the largerdistribution centers in the region

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Economic Sector Goals

Agribusiness – Awarded $5,000 grant to implement a regulatory food map project.

Provide a data base regarding regulations, permits, fees for small producers to sell product at local farmers markets

Producers will access data base of regulations to sell locally grown, produced food throughout the region

Work group evaluating legislation to aid the development of the wine, micro-brew and distilling industry in the region and the state

Evaluating vita-culture industry for the region and state

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Economic Sector Goals (cont)

Energy – Original focus was upon large alternative energy projects, solar and geo-thermal, to produce energy and sell out of state

Group focus has changed since inception

Focus is now upon generating energy on-site for use on-site

Implementing a video competition for area high schools for videos to be posted on YouTube Videos to be in the areas of: commercial, institutional, residential

Group will next address energy regulations and their impact upon on-site generation

Manufacturing – Work group has not yet functioning

The three economic development projects cited earlier provide the need for this group

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Economic Sector Goals (cont)

Tourism – Group has been meeting and discussing regional tourism issues

Bike trails, ATV trails and events under discussion

Transportation and Logistics – Work group has been combined with Infrastructure

Region has a large number of distribution centersWal-Mart, 1,000,000 SFPet-Smart, 900,000 SF

Nevada does not have an inventory tax thus providing an incentive for distribution centers

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

RESULTSFour of eight workgroups are active

Four of eight, two of which are inactive, have seen projects resulting from their efforts

or others have worked to implement the strategies

Nine identified goals coming from SET may be to many and may dilute efforts at implementation

It is evident from the last year that work groups who have champions are the active

work groups working to implement projects

SET goals and the WNDD CEDS are going to be impacted by the three major economic development projects occurring in the region

SET work groups will be re-convened 6 November 2014 to:Report current work group activities Proposed activities for the next yearHow the SET work groups can coordinate with others in the region to prepare for the impacts of the three major economic development

projects

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

Did SET provide a basis for greater regional collaboration?

YES

Commuting Linkages in WNDD With Washoe County – the one data set where participants could see the economic linkages, where people live and where they work, commuting patterns

The WNDD region, at the start of the SET project, February 2012, consisted of eight counties

We requested the UNR University Center to prepare data sets for the SET project

As we started we requested the University Center to prepare data sets for the eight counties and adding Washoe County data for all data sets

WESTER NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSET & CEDS

WNDD Board of Directors, at the request of Washoe, Reno and Sparks, voted to include Washoe County as part of the WNDD region

The inclusion provided a basis for WNDD and the UNR College of Engineering, as co-applicants to submit an Investing In Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) application in April 2014

Although not awarded the partners from across the region want to re-submit in the next round

Tesla, Nevada Copper and on-going business development at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI) provide the need for greater regional collaboration in the future

WESTERN NEVADA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SET & CEDS

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