Organization & Document	Date Published	Program & Agency
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	2000	EDA EDD
Arctic Development Council - Strategic Plan for FY 01	July 2, 2002	ARDOR
Assoc. of Village Council Presidents - Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (2002-2007)	Jan. 9, 2002	Berney Richert, EDA
Bering Strait CEDS	June 2005	ARDOR
Bering Strait Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (2.12 mb)	May 2004	ARDOR
Bering Strait Overall Economic Development Plan	1999	RC&D & ARDOR
Bristol Bay Native Association Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	June 30, 2003	EDA
Copper Valley Econ. Dev. Council Work Plan 2004	2003	RC&D
Fairbanks North Star Borough Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	June 23, 2005	EDA EDD & ARDOR
Fairbanks North Star Borough Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	October 6, 2006	Berney Richert, EDA
Fairbanks North Star Borough Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	October 1, 2007	ARDOR
Interior Rivers RC&D Area Plan	Sept. 26, 1997	RC&D & ARDOR
Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District CEDS - 2003, dated 2003	2003	EDA EDD & ARDOR
Kodiak Island Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy - 2001	2001	EDA EDD
Lower Kuskokwim Economic Development Council - Strategic Plan 2005	June 2005	RC&D & ARDOR
Mat-Su Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy	2004	RC&D & ARDOR
Nikiski Plan	2001
Northwest Arctic Borough Economic Development Commission Regional Strategy	2003
Prince William Sound EC Dev. District - Strategic Plan	June 2006	EDA EDD & ARDOR
Southeast Conference	October 2008	EDA EDD & ARDOR
Southwest Alaska Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 2003-2008 (7 MB)	July 2004	EDA EDD & ARDOR
Sterling Community Plan	September 2004
Yukon Flats Resource Conservation and Development Area	February 2005

• Denali Commission
• State of Alaska, Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (Commerce)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development
• US Department of Agriculture, Alaska State Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• US Economic Development Administration (EDA)

Regional strategies prepared for the above agencies may have a different focus. For example, a regional strategy developed by an economic development council will likely differ from a strategy prepared by a resource conservation and development council. However, the strategies should complement each other for the benefit of the people and resources of the region. With this understanding, Commerce, USDA Rural Development, NRCS and EDA have agreed to review and comment jointly on regional strategies prepared by:

• Alaska Regional Development Organizations (ARDORs);
• Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) Program applicants and Champion Communities (regions);
• Any grantees receiving federal or State funds for development of a regional strategy (directly or via a federal or State grant program, such as the Mini-Grant Program);
• Economic Development Districts (EDDs);
• An entity seeking EDA Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) designation/approval;
• Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Councils; and
• Any other regional entity that seeks review.

The Denali Commission's "Memorandum of Understanding" with state and federal agencies encourages the above collaboration. By jointly reviewing the regional strategies, the above agencies:

• Will be aware of the various strategy efforts;
• Will be more likely to give consistent advice and comments to the entity doing the strategy;
• Will use funding available for strategies more efficiently;
• To the extent practical, will help ensure that a strategy satisfies not only one program, but also multiple State and federal program requirements.

This web site houses those regional strategies that have been adopted at the regional level and accepted by one or more of the above agencies, in accordance with the above.

Questions about a strategy should be directed to the entity that prepared the strategy. Agency contacts are listed at the bottom of this page.

Agency Contacts: