Community & Economic 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.

Please use the following underlined links to view programs that the Community & Economic Development Division administers:


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
  • Community Development Block Grant program.  We administer this program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development.  It assists communities and counties with community development projects.
  • Rural Development Planning Assistance
  • Technical Assistance to the Paiute Tribe of Utah
  • Iron County Circuit Rider Planner
  • Garfield County Circuit Rider Planner


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
  • Assisting in Planning EDA Funded Projects.


HOME REHABILITATION AND WEATHERIZATION:
  • Weatherization Program  You may qualify for help to reduce your heating and cooling costs!  Use the link provided to find out more about this important program.
  • Home Rehabilitation Program  You may qualify forhome rehabilitation improvements!  Use the link provided to find out more about this important program.
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
Director of Community & Economic Development

 (435) 673-3548 Extension 126
fax (435) 673-3540
e-mail:  gzabriskie@fivecounty.utah.gov



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@fivecounty.utah.gov, by phone: (435) 673-3548, or by fax: (435) 673-3540 with any questions related to the population projections.

Community & Economic Development Programs

 
 

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