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Core Components of Economic Plan Implementation - Part 2 (In-Person Training)
This in-person training at the 2024 NAIHC Legal Symposium in Las Vegas underscores the foundational elements of economic development and provided strategies for developing each of these specific elements. This training covered:
Workforce Development and Housing as Economic Development
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Creating an Economic Development Plan and Embarking on Plan Implementation - Part 2 (Virtual Training)
This virtual training introduced participants who are entering or considering an economic development planning process to its core components. Participants learned about the key internal and external actors, the process’s timeline and duration, the data required, and critical outcomes.
Core Components of Economic Plan Implementation - Part 1 (Virtual Training)
This first section of the track underscores the foundational elements of economic development plan implementation, including a qualified workforce/labor pool, an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the primary infrastructure necessary to support economic activities.
Creating an Economic Development Plan and Embarking on Plan Implementation - Part 1 (Virtual Training)
The first training in the CoP’s 9-part series of a variety of topics across Indian Country. Cris Gastner and Kevin Klingbeil from Big Water Consulting led a discussion and exercises about the foundations and essential components of CED in Indian Country and an introduction to CED planning.
Linking Housing and Economic Development
As tribes work on projects to grow and improve their communities, it is essential that all the various sectors of community economic development are involved in the conversation together through a holistic planning process.
Structuring Economic Development in Native Communities
The session featured a discussion of topic-driven member-led committees and a presentation from Dustin Goslin of Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures.
Subject Matter Experts (SME)
Subject Matter Experts (SME)
The CoP has featured these SME due to their knowledge and experience in Indigenous economic development projects across the country and beyond boarders. View the CoP’s featured SME bios, contact information, and featured events they were a part of.
