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Governor's office presents free Rural Economic Blueprint; Emery County signs on as pilot participant
Summary
The governor’s office of economic opportunity introduced a free Rural Economic Blueprint pilot to Emery County and Green River. The program offers facilitated strategic planning, stakeholder interviews and a prioritized project list aimed at improving competitiveness for grants like the Rural Communities Opportunity Grant.
August Granite, technical outreach manager with the governor’s office of economic opportunity, introduced the Rural Economic Blueprint program to the Emery County Council of Governments and said Emery County and Green River City have been selected to participate in a pilot round.
The program is a free, facilitated planning service the governor’s office is piloting for rural communities. Granite said the process will include one-on-one stakeholder interviews, a steering committee (recommended to include municipal leaders), a data assessment, a SWOT analysis, and a short strategic plan with a prioritized project list. The stated goal is to produce a concise, practical plan (Granite said he hoped ‘‘a 10- to 20-page’’ document rather than a long technical manual) that communities can use to support grant applications and guide…
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