What is a CEDS?

The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, or CEDS, is the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission’s (BRPC) guiding plan that helps determine our activities and efforts in the coming years. The plan is updated every five years by BRPC staff and the CEDS Committee. The plan includes an analysis of the region’s:

• Demographics and economy;

• Inventory of region’s strengths, opportunities, aspirations and risks;

• Goals and objectives to help grow, develop, and move the region forward.

We invite you to review the 2024 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) plan for the Missouri Bootheel.

Building a Better Bootheel is the 2024 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the Missouri Bootheel. This strategy was prepared by the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) in cooperation with the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee.

Beginning Monday, August 5, BRPC hereby opens the strategy for public comment. If you have feedback on this plan, please email clegrand@bootrpc.com by 4 pm on September 4. You may also view a hard copy of the plan at 105 E. North Main, Dexter, MO between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm Monday through Thursday, and 8 am and 3 pm on Friday.