Mission
To lead the region's economic and business development throught effective marketing, recruitment, retention/expansion, formation of public/private partnerships and fostering entrepreneurship.
Goals
For the three years encompassing 2010-2012, EDCO has five primary goals:
- Lead marketing and recruitment efforts of traded-sector companies to generate at least $60 million in new taxable investments and 500 new jobs by calendar year end 2012.
- Diversify the regional economy by building strength and critical mass eight broadly defined targeted industry sectors. (see link to list below)
- Provide substantive assistance to retain and expand existing traded-sector employers and local entrepreneurs that generate at least $40 million in new taxable property investments and creates 1,000 new jobs by end of calendar year 2012.
- Champion strategic projects that improve Central Oregon's business climate and competitiveness.
- Be the "first and one-stop" resource for economic, demographic, and other statistical data used by companies, site selectors, commercial real estate professionals, municipalities and other organizations to make strategic decisions.
The 2010-2012 Strategic Plan Summary is both the guiding document for Economic Development for Central Oregon from 2010 to 2012, as well as a source of information for those who are unfamiliar with the organization. The Strategic Plan provides an overview of EDCO's vision, mission, and objectives, including the eight broadly defined industry sectors that EDCO targets.
Please feel free to pick up a copy of the Strategic Plan at our offices in Bend (109 NW Greenwood Avenue, Suite #102, Bend, OR 97701 - at the intersection of Greenwood and Hill at the edge of downtown) or download a copy in .pdf format (Adobe Reader).
To learn more about the sectors EDCO in which focuses its recruitment efforts and the regional companies in those sectors, visit Targeted Industries and Business Resources > Case Studies.