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Regional Economic Diversification Summits (REDS)
EDA promotes and facilitates REDS events in communities and regions where stakeholders have:
- Completed a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS);
- Reached consensus on economic growth objectives and related project priorities; and
- Require more or better alignment to catalyze and/or scale project implementation.
A downloadable REDS brochure (PDF) is available on the EDA website. Select from the following links to learn more about Summits that have been facilitated across the country.
FY2021
John Day, OR
- John Day secures EDA grant for Cyber Mill locations September 14, 2021.
San Diego, CA
Youngstown, Ohio
- Youngstown Region Successfully Executes First Virtual REDS April 26, 2021.
FY2020
Youngstown, Ohio
- “YSU to Host Regional Economic Diversification Summit.” Mahoning Matters.com, August 31, 2020.
Weirton, West Virginia
- "New Apprenticeship Program Announced in Weirton." Wheeling Intelligencer, November 18, 2019.
FY2019
Weirton, West Virginia
- “Summit important step for our region.” Editorial. The Steubenville (OH) Herald-Star, October 28, 2018
- “Economic Summit Explores Future for Weirton.” The Wheeling News-Register, October 31, 2018.
- “Weirton officials reflect on summit, potential projects.” The Weirton Daily Times, November 9, 2018.
- “Having a Face and a Name.” Op-Ed. The Weirton Daily Times, November 11, 2018.
- “Northern Panhandle groups seek to advance job training capabilities.” WVNews.com, April 30, 2019.
FY2018
Wichita, Kansas
- “REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION SUMMIT (REDS).” NetWork Kansas, May 2018.
Huntington, West Virginia
- “Economic Diversification Summit focuses on getting local projects started.” The Huntington Herald-Dispatch, June 16, 2018.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- “Vision 2025 highlights for Aug. 5, 2018.” The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, August 4, 2018.
Marietta, Ohio
- “Sherrod Brown visits Marietta, speaks on jobs, opioids.” The Marietta Times, August 31, 2018.