CEDS 2004-2009

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The LHCEO established a broad-based “Litchfield Hills Economic Development Partnership” (LHEDP), consisting of public and private sector representatives, to serve as the Regional CEDS Committee for the preparation of this report.</div> <div> Nine towns in the Litchfield Hills Region and one town in the neighboring Northwestern CT Planning Region participated in the CEDS planning process. These towns include Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Torrington, and Winchester.</div> <div> It is hoped that this CEDS document will serve as the comprehensive focal point for community-based economic development planning and development and that it results in the identification of issues, needs and critical priorities for pursuit by involved agencies, governments, organizations and the private sector. It is anticipated that this CEDS and the process established to complete it will serve as the continuing basis for future economic development planning and implementation initiatives within the Region.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS INTRODUCTION"><B>Introduction</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS PART I: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND"><B>Part 1 - Community Organization and Management</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS PART II: ANALYSIS"><B>Part 2 - Analysis</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS PART III: VISION"><B>Part 3 - Vision</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS PART IV: THE ACTION PLAN "><B>Part 4 - The Action Plan</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS PART V: BENCHMARKING AND EVALUATIO"><B>Part 5 - Benchmarking and Evaluation</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agendas"><B>Action Agendas</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agenda Goal 1"><B>Goal 1</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agenda Goal 2"><B>Goal 2</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agenda Goal 3"><B>Goal 3</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agenda Goal 4"><B>Goal 4</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Action Agenda Goal 5"><B>Goal 5</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Appendix A"><B>Appendix</B></A><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Appendix A"><B> A</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS Appendix B"><B>Appendix B</B></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CEDS May 2004"><B>Back to CEDS</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>