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Stronger Economies Together (SET)

Stronger Economies Together (SET). Strategies for Building New Economic Opportunities Bo Beaulieu, PhD Southern Rural Development Center – Mississippi State University. Presentation Outline. A Changing Rural America SET: Key Elements Encouraging Signs What’s Ahead.

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Stronger Economies Together (SET)

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  1. Stronger Economies Together (SET) Strategies for Building New Economic Opportunities Bo Beaulieu, PhD Southern Rural Development Center – Mississippi State University

  2. Presentation Outline • A Changing Rural America • SET: Key Elements • Encouraging Signs • What’s Ahead

  3. A Changing Rural America

  4. Job Losses: 2007 - 2010 0.9 to 83% 0.8 to - 4.2% -4.3% to -7.4 -7.5 to -34.3%

  5. College-Educated Adults, 2010 U.S. Average: 27.9%

  6. SET: Key Elements

  7. Purpose of SET Help rural communities/counties 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. When Launched? Summer 2010

  8. SET’s Key Partners National Training Design Team National Other State Agencies & Organizations State Partner Team & State Training Delivery Team Local

  9. States Currently Part of SET

  10. SET Regions: A Bottom-Up Approach Regions defined by applicants

  11. Reaching Rural Places: Current SET Counties n = 233

  12. Counties Involved in SET: Facing Key Challenges Percent n = 233 Note: Based on the ERS 2004 County Typology Codes

  13. What SET Provides Regional Teams Data & Analysis Technical Assistance Peer-to-Peer Networking Training

  14. The SET Training Modules

  15. Broad Regional Participation: A Central Tenet of SET * * Based on the 22 regions involved in Phase I of SET

  16. Selecting Clusters: A Locally-Driven Process

  17. Examples of Clusters Chosen

  18. Encouraging Signs:SET is More Than Discovering Regional Strengths

  19. SET is Helping to . . . • Strengthen relationships across counties • Promote broad-based engagement • Build trust • Guide sound investments • Strengthen “social capital” • Build capacity

  20. As One Team Member Noted . . . . . . the most remarkable thing about the regional partnership is that a group of individuals have, out of their own initiative and drive, created a vision -- and from that vision have developed a plan that will support economic development in this region for years and generations to come. SET Regional Team Member

  21. USDA RD & Extension:Developing Stronger State & Local Partnerships Low High

  22. What’s Ahead?Expand & Strengthen SET • Expand SET to 10-12 new regions in late 2012 • Continue external evaluation to determine needed modifications and refinements • Produce new resources to support work of SET regional teams • Build stronger ties with federal agencies that share a commitment to regional innovation -- such as EDA and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities

  23. For More Information • Bo Beaulieu, SRDC ljb@srdc.msstate.edu • David Sears, USDA RD david.sears@wdc.usda.gov

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