Project Development

As part of Barren River Area Development Districts 5-year update to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and Multi-Hazard Multi-Jurisdiction Mitigation Plan (HMP), county-level Steering Committees met for an hour each month from January 2021 to April 2022 to create county-level strategic plans. This is a summary of the agenda for Meeting #12.

During their twelfth month together in the planning process, Steering Committees built upon all previous information to develop each action item further, including identifying: community leads, general cost estimates, project timelines, project benefits, and potential sources of funding for each objective/action item.

Much like with objective writing, BRADD staff worked with committee members to get each action item as specific as possible so that when it comes time to implement the steps, there is a clear to-do list in place that is achievable and unintimidating. Additionally, by outlining local community leads and setting a timeline around each action item, there is a measure of accountability inherently applied. While these leads and timelines may change during the implementation phase setting them from the start gives each steering committee a jumping off point.

As always, Each Steering Committee also made use of a custom Google Classroom set up for committee members to share information and review any meeting materials for meetings they could not attend.

BRADD staff then compiled the information gathered during this meeting and used it (paired with previous meeting information) to build the foundation for each County Strategic Plan in each of the succeeding monthly meetings. To read more about information covered in other monthly meetings, click here.