The Piedmont Triad Regional Development Corporation (PTRDC) is tasked with developing and implementing the region's comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS). Below you will find the digital current and previous versions of this document as well as an online data portal with information for the region and each of the 12 counties individually. 

Current Strategy (Adopted January 31, 2023):

We've transitioned to a new interactive digital CEDS platform!
Click to explore the 2023-2028 CEDS. 

For the text-only version of the 2023-2028 CEDS, click here.

What is a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy?

• The Piedmont Triad Regional Council is a designated Economic Development District (EDD) through the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to identify regional priorities for impactful economic development and developing CEDS that supports our region’s stakeholders. 
• CEDS compasses strategic efforts to develop a transparent and refreshed vision for the future of our 12-county region. Every citizen within the Piedmont Triad plays a role within our CEDS, as they are the indicators for incoming economic development and regional plans to show where communities design to grow, how they remain competitive, and holding institutions to share responsibility.

• CEDS goals and objectives embed regional cohesion and realistic approaches to equitably leverage all assets each county has to offer. The CEDS must be updated every five years.

CEDS Information Collection Process

The CEDS embeds regional cohesion and realistic approaches to equitably leverage all assets each county has to offer by collectively exploring all quantitative and qualitive methods of data collection. PTRC hosted numerous public listening sessions organized by focus groups and distributed a region-wide public survey to given community stakeholders the opportunity to create awareness, express concern, and address the qualitative economic needs this CEDS update encompasses. Quantitative data collection from federal and state database sources are also referenced and used through the CEDS to compare regional information and accurately depict the Piedmont Triad.