Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren Counties and Municipalties therein CEDS PLAN 2017 – 2022 Photo: The County Courthouses of Region K: Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren The following is submitted on behalf of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments to the Economic Development Administration (EDA), a federal agency located within the United States Department of Commerce. The contents of this document have been made in accordance with 13 C.F.R. § 303.7
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Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy (CEDS)
Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments
Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren
Counties
and Municipalties therein
CEDS PLAN 2017 – 2022
Photo: The County Courthouses of Region K: Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren
The following is submitted on behalf of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments to the Economic
Development Administration (EDA), a federal agency located within the United States Department of
Commerce. The contents of this document have been made in accordance with 13 C.F.R. § 303.7
2017 CEDS Committee Members
Mike Bailes, Interim Franklin County Public Utilities Director
LaChaun Banks, Associate Director – UNC Kenan Institute
John Barnes, President of The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce
Jody Blackwell, Director of Small Business Center at Piedmont Community College
Ken Bowman, Warren County Economic Development Director
Bo Carson, Existing Industry Coordinator, Franklin County Economic Development Commission
Doris Carver, PhD, Vice-President Piedmont Community College
Jimmy Clayton*, Person County Commissioner
Mark Craig, NCDOT District Engineer
Ginne Currin, Director, Granville County Chamber of Commerce
C. Elton Daniels, Assistant County Manager for Franklin County
Robert Davie, Town Administrator for the Town of Warrenton
Richie Duncan, Director Franklin County Economic Development Commission
Tanya Evans, District Manager Duke Energy
Dale Fey, Dean of Continuing Education at Vance-Granville Community College
Walter Gardner*, Mayor Town of Warrenton
Stuart Gilbert, Director Person County Economic Development Commission
Ronnie Goswick, The Sunrock Group
Carolyn Fryberger, Program Coordinator, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise – NC Growth
Charles Halsall, Jr., NC Department of Commerce Prosperity Zone Senior Planner
Richard Hancock, NCDOT Deputy Division Engineer for Division 5
Joey Hopkins, NCDOT Division 5
Mike Inscoe, City of Henderson Councilmember
Laureen Jones, Franklin County Schools Director of Career Technical Education (CTE)
Ken Krulik, Warren County Planning Director
Mark Little, PhD, Director UNC Kenan Institute
Stuart Litvin, Vance County Economic Development Director
Sara Lloyd, Director of Customized Training, at Vance-Granville Community College
Travis Marshall, NCDOT Planning Branch
Bryce Mendendall, Director Franklin County Public Utilities
Harry Mills, Granville County EDC
Lindsay Mize, Executive Director South Granville Water and Sewer Authority (SGWASA)
Bryan Pfhol*, CEO The Sunrock Group
Turner Pride, Jr., Interim Vance County Extension Director
Darren Rhodes, NC Department of Commerce Rural and Economic Development
T. Griffen Rice, Dual MPA/MCRP Student, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barry Richardson*, Chairman of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Board
Jacqueline (Jackie) Sergent, City of Oxford Mayor
Betty Jo Shepheard, Field Representative – Office of United States Senator Richard Burr
Hillary Sherman, North Carolina Economic Development Representative, Economic Development Administration
Ashley Tucker, Dual MPA/MCRP Student, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tanya Weary, Director of Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College
Morris White, County Extension Director for Vance County
Dexter Williams, Sr. Recruiter CenturyLink and Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Workforce Development Bd.
Nancy Wilson, Executive Director Vance County Tourism Development Authority
*-Serve as Member of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments Executive Committee.
KTCOG Staff
Diane Cox, Executive Director Gina Parham, Senior Administrative/Office Manager
Vincent Gilreath, Workforce Development Director Mark Warren, Grants and Loan Officer
Lou Grillo, WIA Business Services Representative
Jillian Hardin, Area Agency on Aging Director
History of Kerr-Tar Regional COG
Councils of Governments were formed under the NC General Statutes 160-77.1 through 160-77.6 (current
Statutes are: 160A-470 through 160A-478) which authorizes any two or more municipalities and counties to
create a Regional Council of Local Officials. Under the leadership of Governor Bob Scott, seventeen (17)
regions were designated throughout the State of NC. In late 1970, City and County officials banned together to
explore forming a Council of Governments to serve Region K (counties of Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance
and Warren and the 11 municipalities therein). Today the Kerr-Tar Region still consists of these 5 named
counties and 16 municipalities; however, there are only 16 COGs across the state as some have combined.
Dr. W. M. Wester, Jr. served as the first Chairman of this Council during the organizational period. In May of
1971, the official name of the Council was selected: Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments, with its
purpose being to promote intergovernmental cooperation by developing and formalizing policy
recommendations concerning matters having area wide significance. Areas of interest and concern to the
members organizing the Council of Governments were: solid waste, health services, regional water system,
family planning, programs for the elderly, and manpower. Today the COG has the following programs: Aging,
Economic and Community Development, Economic Development Administration, Business Loans, Planning,
Transportation, and Workforce Development. It also provides Administrative Services for the Region K CAC
and Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Corporation.
The Council of Governments strived towards meeting criteria by the Economic Development Administration
(EDA) in order to be eligible for federal grants.
Vicinity Map of Region K
Background on the CEDS
In March 1975, the United States Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA)
designated the geographic area served by the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments (COG) as an
Economic Development District (EDD). As the administrative body of the Kerr-Tar EDD, the COG receives
economic development planning funds from EDA and is eligible to participate in the development and
administration of EDA-funded projects in the region. The COG is also responsible for preparation and
maintenance of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the EDD.
A CEDS is the result of a regional economic planning process designed to guide the economic growth of the
region. The purpose of the CEDS is to create a process that will “create jobs, foster more stable and diversified
economies, improve living conditions and provide a mechanism for coordinating the efforts of people,
organizations, local governments, and private industry concerned with economic development” 1. A CEDS is
also necessary to qualify for EDA assistance with development.
1 From Page 6-7 of original CEDS Guidelines published by US Economic Development Administration for use
by governments and agencies that work with the various federal funding sources.
CEDS Vision Statement:
The Kerr-Tar Region will be an effective, strategic economic engine by being locally, regionally, and globally
competitive to maximize the region’s natural, human and infrastructure recourses.
As adopted by the CEDS Committee on July 25, 2017
Scenic images of Region K
Top Employers in Franklin County, North Carolina
Rank Company Name Industry/Sector Employment Range
1 Franklin County Schools Education & Health Services 1,000+
2 Franklin County Public Administration
(Local Government) 500-999
3 Novozymes North America, Inc. Manufacturing 500-999
4 Captive-Aire Systems, Inc. Manufacturing 100-249
5 Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 100-249
Source: North Carolina Department of Commerce, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages by Largest Employers through Q1 2017.
Top Employers in Granville County, North Carolina
Source: North Carolina Department of Commerce, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages by Largest Employers through Q1 2017.
Rank Company Name Industry/Sector Employment Range
1 North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services Public Administration
(State Government) 1,000+
2 United States Department of Justice Public Administration
Franklin 75886 76667 77449 78231 79014 79794 80577
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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis
The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments held their first CEDS meeting on January 12, 2017 in Oxford.
The Strategy Committee that was developed compiled of a diverse group from across the region that included
elected officials, COG board members, K-12 education leaders, Community Colleges and Universities staff,
essential utilities operations staff, private sector corporations, economic development and tourism. By
gathering individuals with such diverse expertise, we wanted to establish buy-in for their active participation to
assess and develop our SWOT Analysis and to then develop a CEDS plan that would guide us in identifying
priorities within the region and help us to define a plan to encourage economic development growth and
prosperity within the region. The first step of this committee was to compile the SWOT Analysis below:
Strengths
• The Region's proximity to RTP.
• Within the Region, there exists a dynamic workfore.
• The Region is very diverse.
• The Region has a close proximity to water.
• The Region has several transportation corridors.
• The Region is home to several schools districts, Community Colleges, and close to major Universities.
• The Region has abuntant land availability.
• The Region has abundent energy availability.
• The Region has many historical structures (ie: vibrant Main Streets).
• The Region has many recreational ammenities.
• The Region has water, sewer, and gas infrastrucre availability.
• The Region's residents posses a strong sense of community.
Weaknesses
• Availability of water consistenly throughout the Region.
• Cell phone coverage an issue.
• The availability of Internet access and Broadband.
• Lack of skilled workforce to meet existing and future industry needs.
• No clear marketing strategy to attract and communicate with industries.
• The Region subcombs to "brain drain".
• The availability of infrastructure.
• Tax Rates v. Tax Base.
• High poverty rates, the Region is home to three (3) Tier 1 Counties.
• No regional/bi-state collaboration present.
• Sub-standard Housing and Housing Affordability. There is a lack of rental options available (ie: Workforce Housing).
• Lack of Public Transportation.
• Lack of adequate healthcare in Warren and Franklin Counties.
• Transportation Corridors, do not connect the entire Region.
• In some of the Region, there exists Dead Downtowns.
Opportunities
• Community Education Forum/Outreach/Increase buy-in.
• Counties/Towns have to invest in Economic Development.
• Education of elected officials -What is the ROI?
• Identify and Cultivate Leaders.
• Leverage information on technical jobs to better educate students, teachers, parents on diverse opportunities (college is not the only desired career path).
• Work to change perceptions of how communities have change, what opportunities are, and what industry is available.
• Leverage partnerships with industry working with early college.
• Increase exposure across industry, K-12, and teachers.
Threats
• The Region's proximity to the Triangle and RTP.
• There is a lack of identifiable 'product(s)' industries currently need.
• There exists a changing in education framwork (public v. charter schools and an associated cost-benefit).
• The Region receiving unfunded mandates from the federal and state governments.
• The apathy of citizens that exists, a preceived lack of hope among residents.
• Several inconsistent expectations among residents: Residents desiring new schools and shopping, but not wanting change.
North Carolina Regional and Statewide Strategies for Comprehensive
Community and Economic Development
Executive Summary
In order to facilitate the development of a Statewide Strategy for Comprehensive Community and Economic
Development, the Association developed strategies around 4 (four) broad goals:
I. Build on the Region’s Competitive Advantages and Leverage the Marketplace
II. Establish and Maintain a Robust Regional Infrastructure
III. Create Revitalized, Healthy, Secure and Resilient Communities
IV. Develop Talented and Innovative People
The NC Tomorrow initiative identified the challenges that must be overcome to achieve these goals, as well as
the strategies identified by the various stakeholders including planning and economic development
professionals, non-profits, local elected officials and the private-sector community throughout the state’s
regions. This created a bottom-up as well as a top-down process in developing the plan.
Stronger Economies Together (SET)
In 2015, the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments was one of two regions selected from North Carolina
to participate in the SET program through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development.
The SET Plan is designed to produce strategies for identifying and leveraging the economic strength of the
region. Highlighted below are the overall goals of the plan. The purpose of SET is to strengthen the capacity of
communities and counties across rural America in working together to develop and implement an economic
development blueprint that strategically builds on the current and emerging economic strengths of the region.
CEDS Identifiable Strategies: Action Plan
I. Build on the Region’s Competitive Advantages and Leverage the Marketplace
Strategy: Develop and Implement an Outreach Campaign to Attract Targeted Manufacturing
Business
o Tactic 1.1: Conduct business “roundtable” discussions with regional EDCs.
o Tactic 1.2: Assess and study existing industries, trends, and target businesses.
o Tactic 1.3: Successfully implement an Outreach Campaign.
Strategy: Develop a Uniform Business Retention and Expansion Program Throughout the
Region
o Tactic 1.1: Conduct a Business Services Amenities/Needs Assessment in every county
the COG serves.
o Tactic 1.2: Create an Inventory Assessment designed to spur entrepreneurial growth in
the region.
Strategy: Promote a Regional Marketing Initiative
o Tactic: 1.1: Utilize existing regional tourism industry.
o Tactic 1.2: Hold ongoing meetings with EDCs.
o Tactic 1.3: Utilize Department of Commerce Main Street programs to assist in
revitalizing downtowns (i.e.: Incubator Space).
Strategy: Cultivate Economic Entrepreneurship Through Entrepreneurial Activity
o Tactic 1.1: Expand access to capital by increasing outreach for the COG’s Revolving
Loan Fund (RLF) and Micro-Enterprise Fund.
o Tactic 1.2: Foster greater collaboration through Chambers of Commerce, Small
businesses, EDCs, and Small Business Technology Centers.
o Tactic 1.3: Hold business development roundtables.
Granville County Site Vance County Site Warren County Site Franklin County Site Biotech, Biomanufacturing Mid-tech Park, contains Mega-site located near major Diverse Business Park,
Park adjacent to Interstate small and large sites East coast transportation routes located adjacent to airport