PowerSouth understands that progressive and supportive leadership is vital to a community’s growth and development. Listed below are several programs and activities in which we participate.
Alabama Community of Excellence
Alabama Community of Excellence is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization managed by a board of directors. An executive director and administrative assistant direct the day-to-day operations of the organization. The board consists of representatives from each partner organization. An advisory committee works with the board and staff to assess the program and recommend changes and improvements.
The ACE program is a comprehensive approach to economic and community development for cities with populations between 2,000 and 12,000. ACE links communities to the private sector, government agencies and universities. ACE partner organizations plan and prepare for a more vibrant future. All participating communities in the program must complete the three phases listed below to become a certified ACE community.
For more information:www.alabamacommunitiesofexcellenece.org
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Economic Development Summits
PowerSouth’s purpose for taking a leadership role in planning and organizing the Economic Development Summits is to provide insight to local and regional leadership about the economic development process. PowerSouth accomplishes this goal by partnering with other economic development organizations across the state to provide top-level speakers with years of experience in economic development. The Summit will be customized to reflect the needs of your region but some example subject areas listed on previous agendas are:
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Community Leaders Educational Opportunity
Community Leaders of Educational Opportunity is a formal economic development training program designed for elected officials and key community volunteers. In developing the program CLEO course designers have worked closely with the Alabama Commerce Commission. The CLEO program offers local communities customized training sessions from a broad selection of economic and community development modules. The programs use professional presenters from the economic development field that have experience from across the state. Class sizes should be limited to 20 – 25 but have a minimum of at least 15 participants.
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Available Training Modules:
Economic Development Process
Site Selection Process
Industrial Park Development - Working With Existing Industries
Speculative Buildings
Existing Incentives
Proposed Incentives
Working With Existing Industries
Prospect Workforce Analysis/Demographics
Working With Prospects
Retail and Commercial Development
Prospect Case Study
Advanced Prospect Case Study
Working Together
For more information: www.edaa.org
Onsite Training
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Our plan of work outlines that we will offer onsite training to economic developers in areas identified by consultants as critical to successful industrial recruitment. For example, in 2005, PowerSouth contracted with Lockwood Greene Consulting Firm to conduct a site selection RFI seminar. This seminar was to request a mock RFI from local developers, evaluate the RFI, and in one-on-one interviews to make recommendations on how to improve their RFI. We also offered to area residential, commercial and industrial developers an onsite wastewater treatment seminar. This seminar presented current regulations, alternative systems and total cost. Our 2006 plan of work includes tentative dates for additional on-site seminars.
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