Community Development

Tuesday 09th of February 2010 07:34:36 PM

Community & Econ Development

Community & Economic Development Development Program

The Community & Economic Development Program (CED) at the Five County Association of Governments provides professional staff support to local jurisdictions in the five county region.

The following list identifies just some of the many varied services that the CED Program provides staff support in:

Community Planning Assistance

Community Impact Fund Board (CIB) Application Assistance

Natural Resources Planning

Developing the HUD required Consolidated Plan for the region

Assisting in Planning EDA Funded Projects

Administering a Business Revolving Loan Fund

Rural Development Planning Assistance

Administering the Community Development Block Grant program

Technical Assistance to the Paiute Tribe of Utah

Community Wildfire Prevention Planning

Iron County Circuit Rider Planner

Garfield County Circuit Rider Planner

Staff Support for the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization (DMPO)

Staff support for the Eastern Washington County Rural Planning Organization (EWCRPO)

To explore some of the services provided by the CED Program staff, please use the links directly above or use the drop-down-menu feature at the top of this page.

For Additional Information:

For more information on the various services provided by the CED Program staff at the Five County AOG, you may contact:

Gary Zabriskie

Gary O. Zabriskie

Community & Economic Development Planning Manager

(435) 673-3548 Extension 126
fax (435) 673-3540; or
via e-mail: gzabriskie @fcaog.state.ut.us

Links to other agencies:

Please click HERE to view a list of links we are providing to other local, regional, state and federal web sites that may be of interest to you.

Regional Population Projections

The CED staff has been involved in developing population projections for each of the five counties and every city or town in our region. Initially, the Governor’s Office of Planning & Budget (GOPB) prepared county population projections for every year up to 2050.

Our assignment and challenge was to create projections for each town or city in each county that did not exceed the county total provided by GOPB. To begin the process staff used formulas that GOPB has used in the past to develop city projections, realizing that these figures were only a beginning point for discussion.

Staff then met with working groups in each county with representation from each community. The purpose of the meetings was to review the figures and make changes where possible to reflect conditions that local officials felt bear on projections.

These meetings were very productive and identified factors, such as faster growth rates, annexation practices, average household size, geologic & topographic restraints, employment forecasts, etc. that influenced and adjusted the figures we began with, in some cases. Some of those changes increased the projections and others were decreased while there were a few that did not change.

Printable population projection sheets for the each of the counties and cities/towns in southwestern Utah are available by clicking HERE.

Please contact Curt Hutchings, Transportation Planning Manager, by email: chutchings@fcaog.state.ut.us, by phone: (435) 673-3548, or by fax: (435) 673-3540 with any questions related to the population projections.