In accordance with EDA requirements, the East Michigan Council of Governments’ (EMCOG) recently completed its 2023 annual review of the 2021-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).
The CEDS was reviewed by EMCOG’s Regional Economic Development (RED) Team members for updates, which were then submitted to EMCOG’s Full Council for final approval prior to submission to EDA. On January 19, 2024, EMOG’s Regional Economic Development (RED) Team approved the CEDS update, the contents of which are found on the following pages. The list of any changes is included in the tables found on pages 2-10.
Those items that have been addressed, along with actions taken, are included in this report. Those items that have not been addressed, while not included in this year’s update, are anticipated to be reviewed again as part of the update in 2025 and again in the full update in 2026.
In addition to the review of the goals and strategies, it was decided that projects would be identified and included in this annual update to reflect possible projects that could be eligible for future EDA funding. Multiple discussions were held on what types of projects should be included 26projects were identified as possible projects for funding. These projects are found on pages 11-19.