North Central Region Community Development Core Competencies Course

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The Role of Elected Officials in Economic
Development
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Is That Your Final Answer?

• What percentage of the households in Antigo lived
  in the same dwelling throughout the entire
  period, 1995 to 2000?
• 81
• 53
• 25
• 74
• Source Table H38, Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF
  3)

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Year Householder Moved Into Unit (2000)
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The Community Development Factor

• If we recognize the mobility of Americans, we
  cant lose sight of the fact that we need to
  build communities where people want to stay and
  economic opportunities are only part of the
  equation.

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Is That Your Final Answer?

• What percentage of employed Langlade County,
  residents work within the County boundaries?
• 81
• 50
• 25
• 90
• 10
• Source U.S. Census 2000, County to County
  Worker Flow Files,
• http//www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/comm
  uting.html

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Percentage of Local Labor Force Working Within
the County
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U.S. Census Worker Flow Data
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of County Jobs Filled By County Residents
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Importers/Exporters of Jobs ( of jobs in the
county - of residents employed, divided by
residents that are employed).
Langlade County has more employed residents then
jobs
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Cooperating to Compete
County E.D. Corp. Regional Effort
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Benefits from employment tend to be regional,
but.

• Should communities think about how commuting for
  employment impacts the following?
• Where do commuters do their shopping?
• What is the expense of commuting?
• How much time is spent commuting that could have
  been spent on income earning activities, or
  community and family building activities?
• What is the environmental impact and
  transportation impact of commuters?

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Is That Your Final Answer?

• What percentage of the principal farm operators
  in Langlade County work off the farm for 100 days
  or more (2002)?
• 76
• 46
• 25
• 10
• Source Table H38, Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF
  3)

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Langlade County Principal Operator Number of
Days Worked Off Farm (2002)
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Feeling Inadequate? Now for an easy one.

• In which country are Panama hats made?
• Panama
• Brazil
• India
• Ecuador

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Why use quizzes?

• It aint what you dont know that gets you into
  trouble. Its what you know for sure that just
  aint so.
• - Mark Twain
• People all too often assume that they know the
  answers. Our assumptions sometimes keep us from
  learning the real truths and prohibit us from
  becoming learners.

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A Review State Economic Development Programs,
Aug, 2006 (LAB)

• There is no generally accepted definition of
  economic development
• page 9

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Economic Development

• The process of retaining, expanding, and
  attracting jobs, income and wealth in a manner
  that improves individual economic opportunities
  and the quality of human life.

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Economic Development Whose Job Is It?

• The economic developers role is to influence the
  economic development process for the benefit of
  the community through expanding job
  opportunities, income, wealth, and the tax base.

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Our Role as Elected Officials..

• Make informed decisions. Take the time to do your
  homework. Know what is happening in your
  community. Study sound Data. Make reasonable
  decisions
• Understand that economic development is regional
  in nature and that not all communities have a
  professional economic development director.
• Impact the attitudes within your community via
  your leadership position.

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Why do we worry about Economic development?

• Wisconsin and many of its Communities have lost
  relative wealth when compared to the nation and
  to our neighboring states.

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AVERAGE HOURS WORKED Per Year in Wisconsin U.S.
(Married couple families with children, head age
25-54)

• Wisconsin U.S. Difference
• 1979-81 3,640 3,274 366
• 1988-90 3,766 3,510 256
• 1998-00 3,981 3,706 275

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Average Wage by Industry (2002)
Source The State of Working Wisconsin, Center on
Wisconsin Strategy, U.W. Madison
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Net Job Creation 1969-2000
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Employment by Industry, 24 Months after Start of
Recession (numbers in thousands)
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2003 - 2005 A Progress Report
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Self-Sufficiency Wage (2004) 1 Adult 1 Infant
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Monthly Self Sufficiency Wage (2004) 2 Adults 1
infant 1 Preschooler
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http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/indicate.html
Community Indicators
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Communities need to focus on creating higher
paying jobs

• This includes developing existing businesses.
• This means recognizing and encouraging
  entrepreneurial businesses.
• This means recruiting new jobs that pay well.
• It means working with your strengths and
  understanding your weaknesses.

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Per Capita Economic Development Expenditures
(2004)
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Change in Economic Development Expenditures
(2001-2004)
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Langlade County Employment Change (1990 2005)
Source Shift-Share Analysis Calculator,
University of Georgiahttp//www.georgiastats.uga.e
du/sshare1.html
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Langlade Shift-Share Analysis
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http//www.woodindustry.forest.wisc.edu/
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Langlade County Employment Distribution (2005)
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Community Economic Preparedness.

• Take the time to assess your
• communitys strengths and
• weaknesses and evaluate all of your
• economic development options before
• latching onto a specific economic
• development strategy

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Community Economic Preparedness Index
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/cedpi.cfm
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The Index includes

• Organizational Capacity for E.D.
• Strategies for E.D.
• Information for E.D.
• Labor Force
• Infrastructure Capacity
• Financial Resources
• Quality of Life

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The final, useable product
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The ABCs of Economic Development
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AttitudeSometimes people can be very
consistent
Lived in this town 75 years. Seen a lot of
changesand fought every damn one of them.
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Everyone is part of the marketing department!
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities/firstimpr
essions/index.cfm
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Population Change Over Time.

• The question isnt whether we are going to
  changeits really a question of whether we want
  to influence what that change will look like.

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Keys to Success
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16 Agurbs Identified in Wisconsin
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7 ½ Keys to Big Success

• Adopt a Can-Do Attitude
• Shape your vision
• Leverage Your Resources
• Raise Up Strong Leaders
• Encourage an Entrepreneurial Approach
• Maintain Local Control
• Build Your Brand
• and Embrace the Teeter-Totter Factor

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Leadership Development
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/leaders/leadership_pr
ograms.cfm
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Keeping the Community Involved
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Finding the financial resources you need to do
the work
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities/grants/in
dex.cfm
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Measuring Performance
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/development
organizations/econdev_performance.cfm
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If the quality of life doesnt improve for
residentshave we developed anything?
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Understanding the connection between Community
Development and Economic Development

• Build Communities where people want to
• Come to
• Come back to
• Stay in

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Growth vs. Development

• We want balanced growth
• We want quality of life
• We want economic security

• We want jobs and more jobs
• We want tax base
• Any growth is good

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My How Youve Grown
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Business

• Building Community Capacity
• Attracting new basic employers
• Improving efficiency of existing firms
• Encouraging Entrepreneurship
• Capturing Outside Dollars
• Re-acquiring dollars taxed away by broader
  
  units of government
• Getting Lucky

Everyone is part of the marketing Department
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Community

• Building Community Capacity for Economic
  Development
• residents hold a common vision of their
  collective future which challenges, motivates and
  unites them
• leaders identify and resolve issues and
• organizations and institutions anticipate and
  adapt to an ever changing environment.
• Everyone is part of the marketing Department

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Andy Lewis

• Contact Information
• Community Development Specialist
• Center for Community Economic Development
• University of Wisconsin Extension
• 610 Langdon St., Room 334 Madison, WI 53703
• [phone], [phone] fax
• andy.lewis_at_uwex.edu
• http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced
• For a copy of todays presentation
• http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/documents/a
  ntigo_handouts.pdf

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Local Contact
http//www.uwex.edu/ces/cnred/contact.cfm
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County Support for a Community Resource
Development Educator Position (U.W. Extension)
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Additional Resources

• The Center for Community and Economic
  Development. www.uwex.edu/ces/cced
• Wisconsin Economic Development Association
  (WEDA). www.weda.org