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HIDALGO COUNTY ASSET MAPPING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROJECT
Asset Mapping Subcommittee Meeting 7-16-09
Agenda
Welcome and Overview Update on Asset Mapping Data
Collection Working Lunch
Organization and Presentation of Data Mexican Data Collection One-one-one Interviews
Update on Project Schedule
Welcome and OverviewSofia Hernandez, Economic Development Director, Hidalgo County Judge’s Office
Project Background
Hidalgo County wants to strengthen competitive position within state, national, and global markets
Hidalgo County received a EDA grant to develop a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
County put out Request for Proposals UTPA awarded contract to develop:
1) asset map 2) comprehensive economic development
strategy
Asset Map
Identifies assets a region has that can be leveraged for workforce and economic development What assets (human, intellectual, financial,
physical, institutional capital) do we have? Where are the gaps? Provides understanding of networks and
attitudes Provides baseline to judge future progress Base for economic development strategic
planning
CEDS
Presents a 5-year plan and goals and objectives necessary to solve the economic problems, or capitalize on the resources, of the region
Provides County’s leadership with an economic development strategy for improving the County’s overall competitive position
Michael Uhrbrock, UTPA, Project Manager
Asset Mapping Update
Project Update
12 month project started in April 2009 Create Asset Map (April 2009 – September
2009) Create CEDS (October 2009 – March 2010)
Asset Mapping Status Project team created Project scoping done Committees created Kickoff meeting held Wiki created
Level 1 Asset Identification
Gather and review existing studies, reports, media stories, and economic development marketing materials for the county Economic Studies and Reports compiled (
http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/Industry+%26+Economy)
Conducted media story search Marketing materials collected
Collect asset mapping data from data sources Identified data to collect (subcommittee) Collected data (75%). See progress spreadsheet.
http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/Background.
Level 2 Evaluation of Assets
Continue collecting, analyzing, and evaluating data Collecting remaining data Reviewing data for completeness Analyzing and evaluating data
Conduct one-on-one interviews to fill in gaps Drafted survey questions
Working Lunch
Working Lunch Agenda
Organization and Presentation of Data Mexican Data Collection One-one-one Interviews
Organize and Present DataBrian Kelsey, President, Civic Analytics
Organization of Data
Wiki: http://hidalgocountyceds.wikispaces.com/
Organized under “Asset Map” on menu By major area and sub areas
Human Capital K-12 Education Systems Community Colleges Four Year Colleges/Universities
Includes data files, web links, and articles
Presentation of Data
What do we do with data? How do we present it?
Maps Charts Tables
Human Capital
Financial Capital
Quality of Life
McAllen TX
El Paso TX
Atlanta GA
Indianapolis IN
St. Louis MO
Las Vegas NV
New York NY
0 50 100 150 200 250
84.4
88.4
93.7
91.8
95.6
108.3
97.6
102.5
98
103.4
109.4
172.9
214.7
Cost of Living Index for United States MSAs
Physical Infrastructure
Cris Trevino, UTPA, Strategic Planner
Mexico Data Collection
Items
Select geographic area to collect data on Tamaulipas Nuevo Leon
Review key data to be collected Review timeframe Assignments
Regional Geographic Area
Mexico Data Collection
Key Data to Collect
Demographics Highways Angel Investors
and Venture Capital Firms
Medical-related manufacturing companies
Banks
Population Airports Industrial Parks Universities Industry
Associations Labor Force Maquiladoras
Time Frame to Collect
6 weeks to gather informationJuly-August 2009
Assignments
Who is going to gather what? What format
Excel, Word, PDF, web links To:
Sai Mullapudi, [email protected]
Michael Uhrbrock, UTPA Project Manager
One-on-One Interviews
Items
Survey Review questions
Suggest persons to interview for areas Business leaders University leaders Government officials Venture Capitalist, Angel Investors, Bankers
Project Schedule Update
Schedule Update
ACTIVITY START END
Asset Mapping 4/1/2009 9/30/2009-Create Project Team 4/1/2009 4/17/2009
-Project Scoping and Goal Setting 4/20/2009 4/30/2009
-Level 1 Asset Identification 5/1/2009 6/30/2009
-Level 2 Evaluation of Assets 7/1/2009 7/31/2009
-Level 3 Comprehensive Assessment of Health Care Industry 8/1/2009 8/30/2009
-Review and Dissemination of Asset Map 9/1/2009 9/30/2009
Strategic Plan 10/1/2009 3/31/2010
-Review Asset Map Results and Visioning 10/1/2009 11/15/2009
-Goal and Objectives 1/1/2010 1/31/2010
-Action Plan 2/1/2010 2/28/2010
-Write Strategic Plan 3/1/2010 3/31/2010
-Presentation and Dissemination of Strategic Plan 3/31/2010