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q93/> 3Sb j 1711.4097469 COMP c.3 7y DCCA’s a leadership role in determining Question: What’s the finished their own futures, they know product? where they want to go, and how to Competitive Answer: A locally developed get there. community plan, including action Communities and implementation. The Competitive Communities Initiative Initiative (CCI) can help your community become competitive for Question: How do we get started? business retention, expansion and Answer: Contact the attraction, living up to it’s potential. Why has CCI been Department of Commerce and CCI is a dynamic, hands on project. developed? Community Affairs (see reverse It will help your community to side for address). Research and experience show prosper in the 21st Century. that there is a direct link between the economic well-being of a state The success of your CCI project will and the ability of its communities depend entirely on the efforts your to compete with similar community is willing to make. communities. Based on this information Governor Edgar has given State agencies the Communities don’t have to compete with directive to make State programs and projects one another, but they do need to be responsive to the needs of the competitive. local communities. Governor Edgar in his 1995 State of the State message said state government should be: Questions & DCCA ■ a catalyst for change, ■ a unifying force that brings Answers provides: churches, parents, local business, schools and community organizations together to break down Question: What is CCI? ■ A CCI staffer who will serve barriers that limit effective as your community’s guide and Answer: CCI is a project that programs and, resource person. was developed based on the theory ■ rather than attempting to that a rigorous local self- impose solutions from ■ Criteria for a locally directed assessment linked to an action plan Springfield we must look to self-assessment to the local is the most important step a the local communities to community group. community can make toward a identify their needs. positive future. ■ Assistance drafting a memorandum of agreement Question: Who’s in charge of CCI? between the community, Is your DCCA and any third parties. Answer: The local community. Community ■ A resource catalog for community/economic ready for the Question: Where is it done? development. Answer: The project is done in 21 st Century? ■ Access to a library of “best of the local community and is driven practice.” by the communities needs and interests. ■ Long-term follow-up service In today’s fast paced society it is to participating communities. Question: How much does it cost? more important than ever for communities to be ready to Answer: CCI is free to ■ Linkage to technical respond to the multitude of participating communities.The cost resources, funding sources, problems and opportunities they is in the time committed by local and private or governmental face. Competitive communities take leaders. agencies. Cd U . d e r 0 e u d m si n LO txo o m oLO c c e £ sO <d b LO E < y 00 L. a 1^. 3 m o o s o r 3 00 c o E O ct Q a E 0 Q f o E H l U a *-> n "O ro u r c O' P e cd t x □ e CuD CN r i_ e 0) LO h E _ E t L_ o E CN o 0 v»— d n U cd c a M- u o o l. 'l-» n cd o w C 0 u ti a 0 o_ c E o Cl o LJ cd l L cd fN c d, Cl vO cd e 0 00 0 e n Q o E 00 _C s, “O e 0 c s c 0 a 1— “O oo b — 0 e v o M □ i 4-> C it t c ‘i_ # # e CL p QJ 3 C/3 m 4-* ID 0 LO o ID c LO "O QJ a C LJ cd 0 £ n 0 o L. ■ E ■M d s_ LO •D e £ 00 QJ ct *00-0> Ecd 4IDJ ele “O s 3 QJ cr < L e 0 4-» b s_ 00 01 (d l 40-* LU VB c wil 0 o o 0 Cl (N in c _Q s E nO E o E ie 3 it O 00 ID cd n u £ N 00 u 0 £3 'c 000 0 m ID cd L- C m S 2 txo “O o * O O oL_ o “O CL _E U U < CL C