Valley County Economic Development Council Monthly Meeting: December 1, 2016
Location: Donnelly, City Hall Time- 4:00- 6:00 pm
Agenda:
Welcome visitors & guests
● Approval of treasurer’s report
● Approval of November minutes
● Update on long-term funding structures
● Annual meeting: where, agenda, elections, bylaw/articles, social media/tech/board’s role training
● ED Report: o Education–up and running on website
▪ BSU meetings, Junior Achievement, Apprenticeships/CIS o VCEDC as insurance provider ▪ We could offer: Dental/vision/Telephonic medicine w/ mark-up
▪ Creating an association is very expensive–would need to scale (similar to general contractors association or unions)
o Umpqua Bank Application (Dec. 31) o IEDA debrief (slides from conference available)
▪ Labor resources
▪ Commerce resources
▪ SBA/PTAC resources
o New website resources
▪ Newsletter
▪ Grow your business
▪ Education resources o Strategic Planning–December
▪ plan merger to include rec survey and other data (now available)
o Branding/marketing–ABC tactics (attachment)
o Marketing VCEDC services to businesses–B2B networking and meetings
● Summit post-mortem–what’s next?
● ABC update–Sherry
● Strategy 1 – Sector Development
o Newsletter update: finished, distributed, and social media campaign underway o Soft skills training
● Strategy 2 – Local Entrepreneurship
o PTAC–TBD
● Strategy 3 – Asset Development
o Housing Trust, pathways & byways update
▪ Donnelly RTC/Big Loop/McCall Pathways
▪ Housing Trust–Jonne
● Strategy 4- Import Substitution
o ASAP data update–Andrew
● Round Table, Upcoming Events & Public Comments Adjourned