Goals, Strategy and Tactics

SEDI sees its role as supporting various organizations and government entities that are working to foster social equity, economic prosperity, and ecological health in Coconino County, rather than competing with them by creating overlapping programs. If new initiatives are required to serve sustainable economic development where none are currently active, SEDI will either support its partners or new entities to fill these gaps, or it will serve as an incubator to create new organizations or structures that can provide the needed programs.

In January of 2009, the SEDI Board of Directors adopted the following goals, strategy, and tactics:

Goals

Achieve awareness, understanding, and support for the economic, social, and environmental value of sustainable development among public, private, and nonprofit entities.
Become a recognized center for sustainability policy and practice.
Establish a culture and regulatory environment that support sustainable economic development.
Attain integration of sustainability concepts and practices into business, educational, and workforce development entities and institutions.

Strategy

Advance sustainable economic development in Coconino County by providing enabling, facilitating, and collaborative support to businesses, educational and government entities, and other organizations that are working to increase social equity, economic prosperity, and ecological health in the region.

Tactics

Develop, implement and support strong education, marketing, and communications programs, processes and products to widely disseminate relevant information about sustainable economic development resources and opportunities.
Recognize and reward significant achievement in sustainable economic development.
Champion the practices of organizations that contribute to achieving our goals.
Provide consultation and other organizational support for sustainable economic development.
Develop and utilize appropriate metrics in order to effectively monitor and advise regional economic development activity.
Identify and promote enhancements to public policy and regulations that support sustainable economic development and work with public, private, and nonprofit entities to implement them.
Identify significant public policy and regulatory impediments to sustainable economic development and work with public, private, and nonprofit entities to remove them.
Collaborate with P-20 educational institutions to identify and close gaps in green/sustainability education initiatives and programs.
Work with business, government and educational entities to design and promote sound and needed green workforce development programs.