Building a 12-Month CED Plan

Service Description

Learn how to create a clear, realistic 12‑month CED plan that works for the realities of small‑population communities. When you are an EDO in a small population community, you get pulled in every direction: grants, tourism, business support, events, partnerships, Council requests, and whatever urgent issue lands on your desk. Without a simple, realistic plan, the works becomes reactive, scattered, and exhausting. This session helps EDOs build a clear, manageable 12 month-CED plan that fits the actual capacity of a small-population community and reflects true CED principles: community-led, asset based and focused on long-term resilience. We walk through how to set priorities that make sense for your community, how to choose actions that realistic with limited staff and resources and how to sequence the work so progress is steady rather than overwhelming. You will learn how to break the year into manageable phases, how to align that plan with Council expectations, and how to communicate progress in a way that builds trust and support. By the end of the session, EDOs have a draft of a 12-month plan that they can refine and use immediately—a roadmap to keep them focused, reduce pressure, and demonstrate clear, measurable progress throughout the year. It is a practical, confidence building approach to planning that respects what happens when you live and work in a small population town. This webinar is part of the Community Economic Development Bundle. Contact Anna at Anna@smallplacesrock.com to register for the Community Economic Development Bundle of 10 webinars.