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5-Year Regional Economic Competitiveness Strategy

Complete Strategic Framework

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HEALTHY & HOUSED PREPARED & PRODUCTIVE ENGAGED & EMPLOYED CONNECTED & RESILIENT

CORE GOAL: UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY

VISION: A REGION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE BEDROCK: COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP, CULTURE OF TRUST Goal: Everyone has access to options for a healthy lifestyle and quality, affordable housing. Goal: Everyone is prepared to advance in a productive career and lifelong learning. Goal: Everyone can connect to the people, places, and information needed to have a resilient, prosperous life. Goal: Everyone can thrive in a robust global economy.

Healthy & Housed

Regional Housing Affordability Strategy

Connected & Resilient

Poverty Task Force

Prepared & Productive

Workforce Collective Impact Approach

Engaged & Employed

Marketing Alliance 2.0

The Teams - 2018

Regional Housing Affordability Strategy

PRIORITY: Amplify the region’s identity as a global economy

Expand the regional economic development marketing alliance’s activities.

• Atlanta Site Selection Consultants Event @ Comcast HQ Suntrust Park

9.6.2018

• Greenville Site Selection Consultants Event 11.15.2018

Connected & Resilient

Poverty Task Force

Prepared & Productive

Map Discouraged Workers/ Services

Engaged & Employed

Marketing Alliance 2.0

Healthy & Housed

Regional Housing Affordability Strategy

PRIORITY: Increase availability of quality housing

that residents can afford across the region.

Facilitate a regional housing strategy.

• Create a regional housing strategy based on a collective impact model

and data-driven approach.

• Evaluate the demand for middle and lower cost housing against

available supply.

• Develop an info repository, defining the region’s housing challenges
• Build on the Regional Housing Forum to hold regional dialogues on

housing challenges

• Develop a tool kit for local governments to increase inventory of

affordable housing

Regional Housing Strategy – Co Chairs

Jim Durrett Executive Director Buckhead CID Meaghan Shannon-Vlkovic VP & SE Market Manager Enterprise Community Partners

Process and Timeline

Oct 17th Leadership Committee Kick-off Strategic Direction

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Housing Strategy Summer ’19 Leadership Committee Wrap-Up Final Strategy Review & Next Steps November – May Develop Strategy via small working groups Designed with direction from Leadership Committee Groups from all 10 counties, various sectors (meetings, phone calls, emails, etc) Using Existing Quarterly Meetings: Housing Advisory Council: Leaders from Various Sectors Housing Task Force: Local Gov’t and Housing Authorities Monthly Email Updates to Leadership Committee

Regional Housing Affordability Strategy

PRIORITY: Re-engage unemployed and disconnected

workers Establish a collective impact approach to reengage disconnected workers across the region.

• Working with United Way/CareerRise, Community Foundation, HDCI

Metro Atlanta and 5 Workforce Boards to develop a plan of action.

• National funding opportunities
• Upward Economic Mobility a critical factor

Connected & Resilient

Poverty Task Force

Prepared & Productive

Discouraged Workers/ Regional Workforce Services