Executive
Summary
Mission:
Jeffrey C. McCurdy
President
Frontier Community Resources (Frontier) was established in 1975 by a group of local elected officials seeking to develop professional capabilities to respond to the needs of the area's small towns. By banding together, they hoped to achieve what they could not do alone. Financial resources and time were donated to provide the seed money necessary to start a "Council of Governments" - seeking solutions to common problems and help with the ever-growing demands from the people in our communities.
As a member-driven, private, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, activities include:
- Community Development through project planning, grant application development, grant administration, National Environment Review analysis, strategic planning, comprehensive plan updates, and facilitation of regional and state collaboration.
- Small business financing, planning, and counseling.
Cassia
Twin Falls
Camas
Lincoln
The importance of city, county, regional, and state-wide planning is more important now than it ever has been. Collaborative efforts to contend with the consequences of rapid population growth and to plan for the future will be necessary to maintain and improve the quality of life for the residents of Southcentral Idaho.
Diversification of industries, expansion of workforce development services, and investment in public infrastructure are key steps the community stakeholders will need to engage in over the next decade. This document highlights the regional assets and identifies areas of concern for future economic resiliency.
The 2023 CEDS Update Includes Three Main Changes
- The summary background was refocused to more fully reflect the industry clusters contributing to the Southern Idaho economy;
- The Action Plan, including goals and objectives were restructured to better align with other regional plans;
- Benchmarks were established in the Evaluation Framework for each priority strategy and initial data has been documented to facilitate future continuous improvement.