Taskforce Update

Since the last Taskforce meeting held August 22nd, I have been in touch with each subcommittee to set up interim meetings associated with the development of strategies associated with the goals that we have established to date. At each of these meetings we will use the information developed through summer research, case study examples, and other available planning resources posted here to creatively think about measurable programs, projects and policies aimed at achieving our goals. Prior to the next full Taskforce meeting, I will pull notes from the subcommittee meetings together with information that has been developed at previous planning sessions as a rough draft of the final report. We will review all such information at the next Taskforce meeting and changes will be incorporated into the final document.

New planning resources available here on the weblog include: reports associated with the Grass Roots Initiative for Planning and Progress (GRIPP), Technical reports and presentation developed by student interns over the course of the summer, and model planning documents that we will refer to as we develop content ans format for our own plan.

As stated throughout the planning process, the completion of this plan is just a small piece in what can tend to be a complex economic development puzzle. It is neither intended to answer all questions related to economic development issues nor is will the fulfilment of it's goals represent the end of the process. It is one of many sparks required to start what I have characterized as a flame that must be sustained relative to economic development. It is the hope that this planning effort will be seen as a framework through which collective economic development planning may continue well into Horry County's bright future.