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.