Economic Development Commission (EDC)
The Old Colony Planning Council is a federally recognized Economic Development District (EDD) designated by the US Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) in 1967. This important designation positions OCPC as the Point of Contact for all EDA interests in the region including planning and project development and associated funding.
As a designated Economic Development District (EDD), the EDA has provided OCPC with annual funding for economic development planning and project development across its diverse network of seventeen (17) communities containing a population of 393,000 in Plymouth County and portions of Bristol and Norfolk Counties, Southeastern MA. As such, OCPC leads a locally based, regionally driven economic development planning process that involves actively engaging and collaborating with the public, private, and non-profit sectors to establish and implement an economic development roadmap for the region.
The CEDS document is the framework for economic development in OCPC District and is the result of a regionally-owned planning process designed to build capacity, guide economic prosperity and strengthen resiliency for our communities in the region.
It includes: a regional vision, summary background and key economic data, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis, plan of action, performance evaluation, and economic resilience information. The strategies proposed within this document attempt to integrate zoning and land-use, housing, workforce development, transportation, environment, and infrastructure to support economic development with meaningful impact to our regional economy.
