Transcript (Current Issues in Community Development -PPT)

Current Issues in Community
Development
Ag Econ Current Issues Webinar
May 19, 2014
Dave Shideler
Assistant Professor & Extension Economist
Upcoming Events
Date
Title
Location
May 21
Rural Development: Programs and
Services In-service
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Woodward
May 22
Community Assessment: Surveys Webinar
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Adobe Connect
May 29
Community Assessment: Asset Mapping
Adobe Connect
June 3
Youth Entrepreneur Expo
5 pm – 9 pm
Payne County Expo Center
June 7
Ag Day and Centennial Celebration
9 am – 2 pm
Cleveland County
Fairgrounds
June/July (dates
TBD)
Kids Camp on the Trail of Trash
Pawnee
August (date TBD)
Environmental Law Enforcement
Conference
TBD
Upcoming Events (cont’d.)
Date
Title
Location
Aug 7-8
Women in Ag and Small Business
Conference
Moore-Norman Tech Center
August 13
Rural Development: Programs and Services
In-service
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Wagoner County Extension
Office (Coweta)
Sept 17-18
Rural Health Conference
Embassy Suites, Norman
Oct 12
Oklahoma Recycling Association
Conference
Edmond
Oct 17
PRIDE
8 am – 11 am
Stillwater Chamber of
Commerce
Stronger Economies Together (SET)
• SET is a multi-county regional development
planning process funded by USDA and
facilitated by OCES.
• Regions are provided with detailed industry
and demographic data to inform the
construction of an development plan that
crosses county boundaries.
SET (cont’d.)
• Western I-40 Region has had their plan reviewed
and are revising; once complete, they should
qualify for an implementation seed grant
• Kiamichi Region has formed taskforces to focus
on their 3 goals: education & workforce
development, agriculture, and tourism
• Route 66 Community Partners is drafting goals
• South Central Oklahoma is evaluating cluster data
• Phase V is likely to be announced in Fall 2014!
Retail Trade Analysis
• Continues to be one of the more popular
programs
• By analyzing sales tax data, communities can:
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Evaluate/track retail sales by sector
Compare retail sales to other communities
Identify strong and weak sectors
Recognize opportunities for new retail businesses
• In 2013, OTC changed systems, so that data now
available by NAICS – created a break in the data
series; trying to overcome this
Solid Waste Management
• Programs on
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Composting
Litter control / dump site management
Sustainable agriculture
Recycling/upcycling
• E-waste
• Hazardous waste
• Programs for
– SWM Professionals (tribal, county, law enforcement)
– Educators and volunteers who work with K-12
– Other
• Contact Lynn Malley,
http://agecon.okstate.edu/wastenew/
On the Horizon
• Farmers’ Market Manager Training
– Responding to district PACs, Susan Moffat and Dave
Shideler will be looking to develop this for use prior to
next year’s market season
• Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing
– Provides a neutral look at the costs and benefits of
hydraulic fracturing, including an overview of the
technology, community and housing issues, drilling
mud, leases and other legal issues, and policy options
– 3 meeting series will be piloted in Stillwater (May 29,
June 5, June 12)
On the Horizon
• Economic Contribution of Agriculture
– Continue to monitor drought impacts
– Working with NASS to update 2011 study; to be
completed for the 2015 Legislative Session