Delaware Nation CEDS 2025-2030

Thank you for participating in the Delaware Nation CEDS Survey!

Delaware Nation CEDS Purpose

The Delaware Nation is creating its 2025 – 2030 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy – a Tribal CEDS. A CEDS is a strategy-driven plan for regional economic development designed to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of a specific area or region. The Tribe’s CEDS identifies strategies to enhance and improve the economic environment of Delaware Nation.

What will the CEDS do for Delaware Nation?

The Tribal CEDS will:

Identify opportunities and challenges to economic development in Delaware Nation’s community.
Develop strategies to overcome those challenges and capture those opportunities.
Develop a regional network of support.
Serve as a roadmap to rollout new programs that will support economic development, job creation, and community collaboration for the Tribal citizens of Delaware Nation.

The Tribal CEDS will include:

Numbers that tell the story of the people, economy, and region

An Economic Vision for Delaware Nation

Goals, Objectives, and Strategies that are specific and measurable and describe what we hope to accomplish over the next five years

An Implementation Plan that describes how we’ll work on our priorities and measure progress

Schedule

Summer 2024

Discover and Listen

Gather and analyze data
Invite input from Tribal Members & Stakeholders through interviews and a survey (to be launched in July 2024)

Fall 2024 – Winter 2025

Draft and Review

Create vision, goals, and strategies
Develop performance measures and evaluation framework
Prepare draft CEDS

Winter 2025 and Beyond

Activate and Implement

Publish draft Tribal CEDS for public review
Finalize and adopt Tribal CEDS
Take action on CEDS recommendations and track progress

Project Team

The project team involves the Delaware Nation Tribal Council and a Strategy Committee consisting of essential Tribal government departments and public servants serving the Nation. Capacity Consulting is assisting in drafting the Tribal CEDS.

Get Involved

The CEDS is an opportunity for you to help direct strategies and priorities for Delaware Nation’s economic health. You can get involved by completing the 10-minute survey and attending one of two workshops at Tribal Headquarters. We’ll also schedule two virtual workshops.

Tribal Community Survey

Completed.

Thank you for your participation!

In-Person Workshops

Join us for a lively workshop and a few delicious refreshments!

Date: October – Completed
Time: 2 pm CT – Completed

Date: January TBD
Time: TBD

Virtual Workshops

Date: October 23 – Completed
Time: 7 pm CT – Completed