IN MOTION
January 2017
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CEDA LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: Changes on Board of Directors
CEDA relies heavily on volunteers in leadership positions within the CEDA Board of Directors and on working councils
to plan and execute projects that are in the best interest of the region. The following positions on CEDA’s Board of
Directors will be filled by new volunteers for the 2017 year:
Lewis County:
Effective January 19th, Greg Johnson (right) will serve on the CEDA Board of Directors to fulfill the
standing position provided to Lewis County. He has also agreed to serve as a volunteer to the CEDA
Economic and Community Development Council. Greg was sworn in as Lewis County Commissioner
in 2013 and is the current commission chair. He has 42 years as a small business owner, owning and
operating Johnson’s Jewelry in Kamiah and Johnson’s Hallmark in Orofino. Greg will
take the place of Carroll Keith (left) who retired as Lewis County Commissioner
January 2017.Carroll has served on the CEDA Board of Directors since he was elected to the Lewis
County Commission in January 2005. He has been active in several additional capacities serving on
CEDA’s Executive Committee, Operations & Finance Council, Economic and Community Development
Council, and Asset Management Program. Carroll has an excellent working knowledge of CEDA and
has used his financial expertise to the benefit of CEDA. He is an owner of Hillco Technologies,
Nezperce.
Nez Perce Tribe:
Kermit Mankiller (not pictured) will serve as the Nez Perce Tribe representative to the CEDA Board of
Directors. Kermit currently manages all non-gaming operations for the Nez Perce Tribal Enterprises. He
also oversees business and economic development for the Enterprise. Kermit replaces Lilly Kauffman
(right), who has served on the CEDA Board of Directors and the CEDA Economic and Community
Development Council since 2013. Lilly has worked for Nez Perce Tribal Enterprises for 10 years as their
Economic Development Planner. In recent years, she collaborated with CEDA on an EDA Resiliency
Grant award to promote manufacturing in the region.
City of Moscow:
Effective January 19th, Art Bettges (left) will serve on the CEDA Board of Directors and Operations & Finance Council.
Art is currently working as a consultant in cereal chemistry and has 31 years experience working at the
USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory. Art has served on the Moscow City Council since 2013. Art
replaces Jim Boland (not pictured) as the representative for the City of Moscow. As a councilor for the City
of Moscow, Jim Boland served on the CEDA Board of Directors for the past two years. Jim has also
supported CEDA through leadership on the CEDA Operations and Finance Council.
Other Appointments:
Mark Smith: Effective November 2016, Mark assumed a board position with CEDA. Mark is the current
Division Chair of the Technical and Industrial Department of Lewis-Clark State College. He brings great
expertise to the board with his knowledge of the region’s workforce development challenges.
PLANNING/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL COST OF FIBER
INSTALLATION IN THE CITY OF KENDRICK
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
OF IDAHO MEET & PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
With financial help from the USDA
Rural Business Development Grant
Program and First Step Internet, CEDA
contracted with Access Consulting
(Missoula) to complete a cost analysis on
installing fiber connections within
Kendrick. This project was brought about
by the interest of First Step Internet in exploring costs of fiber
construction in rural communities within their service area.
On December 20th, Paul DeWolfe with Access Consulting
presented his findings to the Kendrick City Council. Work
presented included research on community demographics,
the identification of anchor institutions, the development of a
schematic design, an estimate of cost, an estimate of potential
revenue, an assessment of feasibility, and the identification of
study limitations.
It was determined that fiber installation could be
economically feasible under certain conditions. The final draft
study will be available by the end of January 2017.
For more information, please contact Christine Frei at:
208-746-0015 extension 104 or [email protected].
CEDA Executive Director Christine Frei, CEDA Economic
Development Planner Deb Smith, and CEDA Community
Programs Director Kelly Dahlquist met in Boise on December
6th and 7th with staff from the other planning organizations
that serve the economic development districts of Idaho.
Other attendees included staff from Panhandle Area Council
(Region I), Region IV Development, South East Idaho Council
of Governments (Region V), and The Development Company
(Region VI). The group met with Idaho Department of
Commerce Director Megan Ronk and IDOC Business Retention
and Expansion Manager Jake Reynolds as well as USDA
Community Program Director Dave Flesher.
On the second day, the districts spent time developing
a vision and strategy for better collaboration of the districts
and further needs at the state level. Key topics included
transportation, workforce development, and business finance.
Since the meeting, the districts have established a site to
share electronic information and are working to set up a
strategy session around marketing of our business finance
programs.
LEADERSHIP CHANGE ON CEDA WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Effective January, Lewis-Clark State
College Work Scholars Coordinator Erin
Cassetto took over chairmanship of the
Workforce Development Council. Erin
replaces Janet Danley, who assumed the
chairmanship of the newly-formed CEDA
Workforce Development Council in 2012.
Janet provided
Erin Cassetto
invaluable leadership
in the early stages of the work of the
council. Janet has been the Director of
Walla Walla Community College
Clarkston Campus for several years and
has now assumed new responsibilities for
the college as the college’s navigator and
retention specialist.
Janet Danley
CEDA HOSTS INFORMATIONAL LUNCHEON FOR
DISTRICT 5, 6, AND 7 LEGISLATORS
On January 19th, CEDA staff hosted a meeting with Idaho
State Legislators that are currently serving District 5, 6, and 7.
The luncheon was held at the Red Lion Hotel with Senator Dan
Foreman, Senator Dan Johnson, Representative Mike Kingsley,
and Senator Carl Crabtree in attendance. CEDA Chairman
Denis Duman of Cottonwood acted as host. CEDA staff reviewed the region’s demographics and key industries; top
strategies for development, and community, business, and
economic development programs; and initiatives that CEDA
takes leadership on to increase the economic vitality of the
area. Valley Vision Executive Director Doug Mattoon provided important information on issues that impede the ability
of winemakers outside the State of Idaho to sell their product
into the State of Idaho. Important to the discussion was the
need for resources for career technical education.
SMALL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FORUM HOSTED
On November 4th, CEDA and Northwest Intermountain Manufacturers Association
(NIMA) partnered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to host a 2.5 hour
training for small business who have interest in knowing the resources for entering the
international trade market. Twenty-five people attended. Presentations and panel
speakers included representatives from SBA, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), and the Idaho Department
of Commerce. Renaissance Marine and Brocke & Sons also shared their experience in the market.
TRANSPORTATION — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
SHARE THE RIDE– SAVE MONEY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROJECT
The Workforce Transportation Initiative being
implemented by CEDA and Panhandle Area Council
(PAC) was very active during the closing months of
2016. Opportunities to make presentations to
employers, employees, and economic/community
development professionals abounded.
Job fairs held in Orofino and Kamiah provided CEDA
a chance to share the benefits of ridesharing with
displaced mill workers. Quest Aircraft and Buck
Knives invited PAC to participate in employee benefits
and health fairs; several out-of-area employees were
able to make connections to other commuters and to
reduce the cost of their travel to and from work.
CEDA Economic Development Planner, Deb Smith,
joined the Idaho Transportation Department – Public
Transit Office staff for a presentation to attendees of
the Idaho Economic Development Association in
November. The presentation highlighted the intent of
the Workforce Transportation Initiative and detailed
ongoing activities to encourage more of Idaho’s
employees to consider carpools or vanpools as an
affordable and safe means of travel.
CEDA is currently working with the City of Moscow
to explore the potential of initiating a van pool that
would travel from Moscow to Lewiston during the
business week. Please contact Deb if you live in
Moscow, work in Lewiston, and have interest in ridesharing - we would love to accommodate the needs of
those that want to share the commute! Deb Smith:
205-746-0015x103 or [email protected]
An unexpected spin off from the ongoing RCDI program that CEDA
launched in FY-2015 is a pilot project focused on business
development in and around the City of Potlatch. The local officials
from the City of Potlatch have for numerous years actively supported
business development. The most recent and best known effort of late
was the City government’s involvement in helping to start the
development of the former Potlatch Corp. mill site on the edge of the
city into a business park. Being the active and committed group that
they are, these same local official decided their next undertaking
would be to revamp the community’s comprehensive plan which in
turn led to more discussion among the group about what more local
government can do to help with business development and then to
the planned business development pilot project.
In response to the interest and commitment of the Potlatch
leadership, CEDA staff will meet with the City officials to devise plans
for identifying and addressing challenges faced by existing local
business as well as identifying ways the local government and the
community as a whole can remove barriers to starting new businesses
in the community. John Lane, CEDA Business Development Specialist
points out that the City is in the lead as far as determining what can
and will be done. CEDA’s role is to support the efforts of this member
community with the personnel and the regional resources managed by
the CEDA organization, as wells as to aid with the access to resources
provide by partner organizations and agencies. The hope is that the
approach and the processes used in Potlatch will be replicable in
numerous communities around the region over the next few years.
Funding for CEDA’s business development effort is provided in part by
USDA Rural Development through the Rural Micro-entrepreneur
Assistance Program, Intermediary Relending Program, and the Rural
Business Enterprise Grant Program.
RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Representatives from the Cities of Culdesac, Grangeville, Kamiah,
Kooskia, and Riggins were honored for their participation in the 2015-16
RCDI cohort in November at the final group meeting.
Attendees included Clerk-Treasurer Tonya Kennedy and Deputy Clerk
Jordan Wasem of the City of Grangeville; Clerk-Treasurer Teresa Lytle,
Mayor Charlotte Schilling, and Public Works Director Kelly Frazier of the
City of Kooskia; Mayor Glenna McClure and Clerk-Treasurer Brenda Tilley
of the City of Riggins; Deputy Clerk Stephanie Gaston of the City of
Kamiah; and Council members Connie Boe and Larry Abele, ClerkTreasurer Noreen Durante, Deputy Clerk Carol Spencer, and Mayor Robert
Sharp completed 30 hours of training provided by CEDA staff.
The third and final round of RCDI Trainings began in December. CEDA is excited to welcome representatives from
Craigmont, Kendrick, Pierce, Stites, and Weippe as well as members of the Animal Rescue Foundation, Kendrick “Save Our
Pool” Committee, and Kamiah Community Partners Coalition to the table. December’s meeting was held in Lewiston and
January’s was hosted by the City of Craigmont. Attendees toured and learned about the Craigmont and Winchester Rural Fire
Department’s fire building. The next meeting will be held in Kendrick in February.
2017 CEDA Annual Meeting: Exploring our Sense of Place
Close your eyes and think of North Central Idaho: The sound of the rivers lapping at the shore, a freight train’s
whistle in the night, fields of amber grain waving in the soft breeze, the smell of fair food in late summer. . .
These sensory experiences - these images, smells, tastes, textures, and sounds– that we associate with North Central Idaho
are our “sense of place”. By recognizing and capitalizing upon our unique sense of place we can better understand and
appreciate our identity as a region. The qualities of our region- visual, social, environmental, and cultural– that provide
meaning and inspire our own attachment to the place we call home can also inspire tourists to visit
our region.
Mark Your Calendar!
CEDA invites you to join us at the CEDA Annual Meeting to learn more about the region’s unique
April 20, 2017
characteristics that draw thousands of visitors to North Central Idaho annually. Tourism is one of the
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Lewiston Red Lion
region’s leading industries; in 2014 visitors to North Central Idaho spent over $150 million dollars.
The North Central Idaho tourism industry employs 2,300 annually – tourism is important to our
economy!
Food serves to connect us with the land, our heritage, and the people around us. The evening’s keynote speaker Rebecca
Mackenzie, President of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance, will share how the interrelation between food, agriculture,
tourism, arts, and culture can be used to develop a tourism ‘product’ that is unique to the region. She will share how the ‘sense
of place’ that is distinctive to our region can attract visitors and support the economic vitality of our communities of North
Central Idaho. We will learn the recipe for economic development success through culinary tourism. The event will also
highlight tourism businesses and attractions that are cornerstones of the regional tourism industry.
Invitations will be sent soon; we hope you will join us for an evening of good food, fun, and great company!
“Developing our Sense of Place” Tourism Workshop
Every tourist has one thing in common - they eat at least once a day…more likely three, four, or five times a day!
Are you part of the tourism industry? Are you an elected official in North Central Idaho? Do you want to learn more about
place-based tourism and how arts, food, culture and our ‘sense of place’ can be developed to attract visitors to the region?
We invite you to join us for a regional workshop where we will learn how to cultivate not just a tourism product but a tourism
experience! Rebecca Mackenzie, President of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance, will lead the workshop and share her
experiences helping build regional and community identities through place-based tourism.
What: Developing our Sense of Place Tourism Workshop
When: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Where: Lewiston Red Lion
10:00 am– 3:00 pm
Cost to Attend: NO CHARGE
CEDA MEMBERS
County Members:
· Clearwater County
· Idaho County
· Latah County
· Lewis County
· Nez Perce County
City Members:
· Cottonwood, City of
· Craigmont, City of
· Culdesac, City of
· Deary, City of
· Elk River, City of
· Grangeville, City of
· Kamiah, City of
Tribal Members:
· Kendrick, City of
· Nez Perce Tribe
· Kooskia, City of
· Lapwai, City of
Utilities:
· Lewiston, City of
· Avista Corporation
· Moscow, City of
· Clearwater Power
· Nezperce, City of
· Orofino, City of
Education:
· Peck, City of
· Lewis-Clark State College
· Pierce, City of
· University of Idaho
· Potlatch, City of
· Riggins, City of
Taxing Districts:
· Stites, City of
· Kendrick-Juliaetta
· Troy, City of
Recreation District
- White Bird Area Recreation · Weippe, City of
· White Bird, City of
District
· Winchester, City of
· Port of Lewiston
Non-Profit/
Agency Partners:
Private Industry:
· Banner Bank
· Bott Architects &
Associates
· AFL– CIO
· Castellaw Kom Architects
· Clearwater County
· Columbia Bank
Economic Development
· First Step Internet
Council
·· Keller & Associates
· Clearwater Resource
· Keltic Engineering, Inc.
Conservation &
· Mountain Waterworks
Development
· Northwest Management
· Ida-Lew Economic
· Potlatch #1 FCU
Development Council
· RGU Architecture and
· Idaho Food Bank
Planning
· Idaho Department of
· Riedesel Engineering
Environmental Quality
· Idaho Department of Labor · Rim Rock Consulting, Inc.
· S.H. Vachon, LLC
· Lewis– Clark Valley
· Strata Engineering, Inc.
Chamber of Commerce
· TD&H Engineering
· North Central Idaho
· Umpqua Bank
Travel Association
· US Bank
· Northwest Intermountain
· SMART Transportation
Manufacturers’
· Washington Trust Bank
Association
· Zions Bank
· Valley Vision
Clearwater Economic Development Association is a member driven, non-profit organization,
incorporated in 1968 within the State of Idaho. It is structured to promote and assist economic and
community development and to foster a stable and diverse economy within the five North Central
counties of Idaho: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce.
Please support
CEDA member
businesses!
CONTACT CEDA
(208)746-0015
1626 6th Ave N . Lewiston, ID 83501
Rachel Stocking
Office Administrator
[email protected]
Christine Frei, PCED
Executive Director
[email protected]
John Lane
Small Business Financing and Loan
[email protected]
Amber Dahmen
Small Business Loan Assistant
[email protected]
Deb Smith, PCED
Regional Economic Development
Planner
[email protected]
Kelly Dahlquist
Community Programs Director
[email protected]
Angela Edwards
Community Development Specialist
[email protected]