Comprehensive Economic Development Committee (CEDS)

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.

What is the CEDS Committee?
CEDS Committee Members

Known as the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee, OCPC manages a committee of regional stakeholders that oversees the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy which serves as the region’s blueprint for economic development in coordination with municipal priorities on land-use and zoning, transportation, infrastructure and commercial and industrial, and associated opportunities. As an established long standing Committee under OCPC it is the conduit for identifying planning initiatives, project development and securing federal EDA funds as well as state and local funds to support economic development projects and is a network for the exchange of information, ideas and strategies for communities. the location of infrastructure.

The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy “A Blueprint for Regional Growth”.

Here is the current Terms of Reference (Updated: 08/17/2021) CEDS Committee Terms of Reference

Member	Organization
Jeff Charnel	North Easton Savings Bank
Stephen Cole	Plymouth Regional ED Foundation
Christopher Cooney	Metro South Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie Danielson	Town of Easton
Maryellen DeFrias	GATRA
Bill Fitzgerald (Richard Jordan, substitute)	Town of Avon
Stephanie Danielson	Town of Easton
Dottie Fulginiti	MassDevelopment
Lisa Green (Tony DeFrias, substitute)	Town of Hanson
Kyle Haas	Capgemini
Jason Hunter (John Murray/Laura Buckley, substitute)	MassHire - Greater Brockton
Nathalie Jean	Brockton Redevelopment Authority
Kathy Keefe	Town of Whitman
Mike Lambert (Joe Mech, substitute)	Brockton Area Transit Authority
Valerie Massard	Town of Kingston
John Fay	City of Brockton
Pamela McCarthy	Town of Stoughton
Susan Murray	SEED Corporation
Cindy Pendergast	Neighborworks Housing Solutions
Robert Rulli (Shane O'Brien, substitute)	Town of Bridgewater
Charles Seelig (John Haines, substitute)	Town of East Bridgewater
Lynn Tokarczyk	Business Development Strategies, Inc.