How to Read This Report

The “CEDS Findings and Observations Report” provides a preliminary summary and analysis of the key economic development factors that will help inform and guide the direction and formulation of the City’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.

The Report begins with a summary outline of recent City strategic and comprehensive plans, the Community Vision Matrix, and the Buxton Group retail study. The Report then provides a summary and analysis of key economic factors and conditions. The “observations” section of the report brings together the City’s previous planning initiatives and current economic analysis to provide a potential “roadmap” for the completion of the CEDS.