50 Years of Idaho CDBG - CEDA's role

Idaho Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program celebrates its 50th anniversary! What is CEDA's role?

CEDA Board Elects New Executive Team!

Welcome our new Chair and Vice Chair to the CEDA Board!

2024 Member Report

Reviewing the activities that CEDA has been apart of over the past year!

CEDA Launching Idaho Small Business Revolving Loan Fund

CEDA is accepting applications for financing through the Idaho Small Business Revolving Loan Fund (ISBRLF).

CEDA Receives Two Idaho Grant Awards

The Clearwater Economic Development Association (CEDA) recently received funding awards to provide outreach, education, and strategic plan development in north central Idaho, which meets the agency’s goals to serve community and workforce development. This is a new and exciting opportunity for CEDA.

Executive Director’s Note:

Community Building. Deb Smith, Krista Baker, and I attended the Northwest Inland Partners meeting on August 9 in Spokane Valley. The speaker was Doug Griffiths, author of 13 Ways to Kill Your Community.

Community Development Activity

Potlatch was awarded $175,000 Community Development Block Grant for a new restroom in Scenic Six Park. Hoodoo, the Water/Sewer District in Harvard, was awarded $85,000 between DEQ and the Idaho GEM Grant for a wastewater Planning Study to fix their outdated wastewater system.

Executive Director's Note:

Greetings! Springtime is the welcoming time as we enjoy longer days and the warmer season. Some big news for our region that had CEDA involvement is the award of $20 million by the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board to Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) and Intermountain Infrastructure Group (IIG) partnership to building open access middle mile broadband from Grangeville to Star.

New Board Member

Welcome New Board Member, Trevor Sparrow

Federal Contract Opportunities for Business Workshop

CEDA, in partnership with the Northwest Intermountain Manufacturing Association, with funding support from USDA Rural Development, will be hosting a “Building Your Business Revenue Through Federal Contracts” workshop.

Microloan Program Benchmark

Another benchmark for CEDA’s Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) was reached during the first quarter of 2023 with $1.6 million in loans being approved from the $400,000 lending pool, equating to four full revolutions of this revolving loan fund. The program started at CEDA in December of 2010 with the first RMAP loans being issued in the first quarter of 2011.

Welcome May George

May is supporting various functions in the office include planning, events, and community development. She is also assisting us with our Workforce Development program in Talent Pipeline Management.

Executive Director's Note:

Hello and Happy Fall. The Vandals are winning! And it’s the start of CEDA’s new fiscal year. We had a great 2022 with a lot of momentum in community development, regional planning, and workforce development activities that you can read in this newsletter.

CEDA Awarded EDA Planning Grant

CEDA has been awarded a three-year planning partnership grant by the Economic Development Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The investment will be used to support long-term economic development planning efforts in north central Idaho

CEDA Completes Sale of Building to NRS

CEDA and NRS representatives, and NRS’ newly acquired building from CEDA: Kathie LaFortune (Latah County Commissioner and CEDA board Vice Chair), Julia Parker (Moscow City Council and CEDA board member), Dodd Snodgrass (CEDA Executive Director), Mark Deming (NRS Chief Marketing Officer), Tony Mangini (NRS Chief Financial Officer) and

Planning for Dream It Do It HERE Conference Underway

The Dream It Do It Planning Committee has already begun working on details for the 7th Annual Dream It Do It HERE Conference which will be held Tuesday, May 16 on the University of Idaho campus.

Manufacturing Technology – Work Smarter, Not Harder

CEDA, in partnership with the Northwest Intermountain Manufacturing Association, with funding support from USDA Rural Development, hosted a workshop on automation and robotics on September 29th at the Clearwater Casino Events Center.

Clearwater Basin Youth Conservation Corps Wraps up 2022 Season

The Clearwater Basin Youth Conservation Corps has wrapped up their eight-week season and has a lot of accomplishments to celebrate

CEDA Responds to Calls to Develop Supply Chains for Local Foods.

CEDA is prepared to apply for and implement the USDA Rural Development Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program

Idaho WDC Awards CEDA Funds to Address Workforce Issues

CEDA has accepted a subaward from the Idaho Workforce Development Council (WDC) to implement a Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) framework to establish employer collaboratives in north central Idaho to assist regional industries identify in-demand positions along with requisite skills, competencies, and credentials. CEDA will work with employers and education and training suppliers

Manufacturing Technology - "Work Smarter, Not Harder

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