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25 The Centralina EDD Region's 7 Priorities° The following priorities are the update to the Centralina CEDS 2007 plan findings and incorporate research and input from the current planning efforts that specifically overlay the Centralina EDD. While these priorities are the adopted findings of the Centralina CEDS Advisory Committee and Centralina Economic Development Commission Board for the EDA authorized nine - county district at the core of the region, the project and committee work incorporated the influences of full geographic engagement and data within the greater regional framework to serve a unified strategic alignment and promote a relevant globally competitive place competency for the Greater Charlotte region: 1. Improving basic K -12 education remains a pressing concern and priority for the region. 2. College and university participation in economic development must be strengthened so feedback mechanisms are in place to allow faster deliberate response by the education community to changes in industry needs and alignment of training \curriculum of the future. 3. The region must achieve realignment of its existing workforce skills toward the targeted industries and competencies that will generate new jobs in the future as well as enhance the same career pathways link to students and younger generation. 4. New and emerging industries and technologies must be supported through improved entrepreneurial support systems and targeted infrastructure improvements. 5. The region's industries must increase integration of new technologies to remain competitive (build on 2007 CEDS Advanced Manufacturing strategy) and leverage new logistics assets and infrastructure to access global markets (such as new intermodal facility at the airport and regional telecom infrastructure). 6. Regional collaboration is strong in economic development but should be strengthened by strategic collaboration in entrepreneurship, infrastructure planning, education and workforce development planning. 7. Marketing initiatives will be needed to broadcast the new and "updated" Greater Charlotte Region image to its local citizens and global businesses and tourists. These priorities are addressed in further detail in the following Goals, Objectives, and Tactics section. The use of "Greater Charlotte Region" in the language of the section is reflective of the larger collaborative analysis by the Centralina EDD with centralized impacts of the 50 mile regional zone. However all Goals, Objectives, and Tactics are specifically endorsed and adopted only for the EDA approved nine - county jurisdiction of the Centralina Economic Development Commission (EDD). This report in no way replaces or supplants adjacent EDD CEDS jurisdiction plans that share partial coverage within the economic zone of influence defined and analyzed for this report. PROSPERITY FOR GREATER CHARLOTTE Attachment number 1 1 -3 Page 297