Table of Contents

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SECTION I: Executive Summary

A. What is SEAGO?

B. What does SEAGO do?

1. Area Agency on Aging

a. Social Services Block Grants

2. CDBG

3. Economic Development

4. Environmental Planning

5. Housing

6. Pathways out of Poverty

7. Transportation

 

SECTION II: Introduction

A. EDA Requirements

1. Summary of Requirements

2. Planning Organizations

3. Strategy Committee

B. Technical Requirements

1. Background

2. Analysis of Problems and Opportunities

3. CEDS Goals and Objectives

4. Community and private participation

5. Strategic Projects, Programs, Activities

a. Suggested Projects

b. Vital projects

6. CEDS Plan of Action

7. Performance measures

8. How SEAGO CEDS meets EDA Requirements

9. SEAGO Member Survey

Member Survey Conclusion – Analysis

10. SEAGO CEDS GOALS

 

SECTION III: SEAGO Region

A. Current situation and trends – Regional analysis

1. Major Employers

a. Cochise County

b. Graham County

c. Greenlee County

d. Santa Cruz County

e. San Carlos Apache Tribe

2. Employment by Industry — Regional analysis

SEAGO Region, employment by industry chart

Cochise County

Graham County

Greenlee County

Santa Cruz County

3. Employment and Unemployment — Regional analysis

a. Average wage per job — Regional analysis

Average wage per job (chart)

Growth in average wage per job (chart)

b. Per capita personal income — Regional analysis

Per capita personal income (chart)

Growth in per capita income (chart)

c. Median Family Income — Regional analysis

Median Family Income (chart)

Growth in Median Family Income (chart)

4. Tourism — Regional analysis

a. Recreation and Tourist attractions — analysis

b. Cochise County Tourist attractions — analysis and overview

d. Graham county Tourist attractions — analysis and overview

e. Greenlee County Tourist attraction overview

f. Graham and Greenlee Counties attraction analysis

g. Santa Cruz County Tourist attraction overview

5. Housing — Regional Analysis

6. Population statistics — Regional Analysis

7. Educational facilities — Regional Overview

a. Cochise County

b. Graham County

c. Greenlee County

d. Santa Cruz County

B. Trade and Commerce — Regional Analysis

1. Industries and Sales (chart)

Cochise County Industry and Sales

Graham County Industry and Sales

Greenlee County Industry and Sales

Santa Cruz County Industry and Sales

2. Retail sales — Regional Analysis

3. Economic impact of border trade with Mexico — Regional analysis

C. Overview of Existing Economic Development Service Providers

1. Local Economic Development groups

a. Douglas International Port Authority

b. Douglas Regional Economic Development Corporation

c. Nogales International Port Authority

d. San Carlos Apache Tribe, Economic Development

e. Santa Cruz Community Foundation

f. Sierra Vista Economic Development Foundation

g. Southeast Arizona Economic Development Group

2. Community resources and services that support the economy/quality of life

a. Benson Chamber of Commerce

b. Bisbee Chamber of Commerce

c. Bowie Chamber of Commerce

d. Douglas Chamber of Commerce

e. Graham County Chamber of Commerce

f. Greenlee County Chamber of Commerce

g. Nogales – Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce

h. Pearce Sunsites Chamber of Commerce

i. Rio Rico Chamber of Commerce

j. Sierra Vista Chamber of Commerce

k. Sonoita-Elgin Chamber of Commerce

l. Tombstone Chamber of Commerce

m. Tubac Chamber of Commerce

n. Willcox Chamber of Commerce

o. Sierra Vista Arts and Humanities Council

p. Bisbee Arts Commission

q. Central School Project

r. Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County

s. Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society of Graham County, Inc

t. Greenlee County Historical Society

u. San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Society

v. Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum

w. Douglas Historical Society

x. Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum

y. Sulphur Springs Valley Historical Society

z. Graham County Historical Society and Museum

aa. Pimeria Alta Historical Society

bb. Tubac Historical Society

cc. Santa Cruz Valley Citizen‟s Council

3. Regional resources and services that support the economy/quality of life

a. Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc. (CPES)

b. SE Arizona Community Action Program (SEACAP)

c. Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services Inc., (SEABHS)

d. Portable, Practical, Educational Preparation, Inc. (PPEP)

e. Southeastern Arizona Community Unique Services (SEACUS)

4. State Economic Development Agencies

a. Arizona Commerce Authority (formerly Arizona Department of Commerce)

5. Statewide Public-Private Economic Development Resources

a. Arizona Association for Economic Development

b. Local First Arizona

c. Arizona Technology Council

d. Arizona Rural Development Council (AZRDC)

e. Arizona Rural Policy Institute

f. Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC)

g. APS Community Development

h. Accion

6. Federal Economic Development Agencies and other

Federal Resources

a. EDA

b. USDA, Stronger Economies Together

c. SBA

d. HUD

e. HHS

f. Department of Transportation

g. EPA

h. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

i. Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco

j. International Trade Administration

k. Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC)

l. North American Development Bank (NADB)

7. Nationwide Economic Development resource entity/agency

a. NADO

b. Economist.com

c. Entrepreneur Magazine

d. National League of Cities

e. National Federation of Independent Business

f. Native American Business Alliance

g. World Economic Development Alliance (WEDA)

8. New Mexico – Economic Development at State, Regional, County and city levels

a. New Mexico Economic Development Department (Region 1)

b. NW New Mexico Council of Governments

c. SW New Mexico Council of Governments

9. Mexico – Federal and State government authorities and agencies

a. Mexican Consulate, Douglas

b. Mexican Consulate, Nogales

c. U.S. Consulate, Nogales

d. Economic Development Council for Sonora

e. Economic Development Committee of the Arizona-Mexico Commission

f. Pro Mexico Trade and Investment

g. Camara Nacional de la Industries de Transformacion

h. Collectron International

 

SECTION IV: SEAGO Regional Strategy

A. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for SEAGO

1. SEAGO, the past

2. SEAGO, the future

a. Where SEAGO is today

b. How SEAGO plans to move the region forward

D. The Planning Process

1. Development of the SEAGO CEDS Governance

2. Development of the SEAGO CEDS Policies and Procedures

3. Community Involvement

E. Results

1. Drivers of the CEDS Process

2. Overview of Global/National Forces Impacting the SEAGO Region

3. SEAGO CEDS Process

F. 2010-2015 Project Submission Lists

 

SECTION V: Stakeholders

Profiles

A. Cochise County

Benson

Bisbee

Bowie

Douglas

Huachuca City

Pearce/Sunsites

Sierra Vista

Tombstone

Willcox

B. Graham County

Bylas

Pima

Safford

Thatcher

C. Greenlee County

Clifton/Morenci

Duncan

D. Santa Cruz County

Nogales

Patagonia

Rio Rico

Tubac

E. San Carlos Apache Tribe

 

SECTION VI: Implementation Plan

A. CEDS Process

1. CEDS Committee

2. CEDS Goals

3. Program Strategy

Implementation/Action Plan

B. Program Strategy — Action steps, Project development

 

SECTION VII: Appendices

A. SEAGO CEDS Strategy Committee members

1. Committee Meeting schedule 2010/2011

2. Previous meeting schedule 2009/2010

B. SEAGO CEDS Administrative council members

C. SEAGO CEDS Executive Board members