CEDS
Documents and drafts will be made available for download in this section
as they finalized. Please check back for updates.
The following links and downloads point to current studies and strategies
as well as older regional economic development strategies for the region
and related plans that serve as useful background reading.
- Challenges
for Economic Growth in the Alleghany Highlands, K.W. Poore and Associates,
2008.
- The Economic Impact of Interstate 73 on
Virginia, Chmura Economics & Analytics, 2008
- Alleghany Highlands Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy, RVARC, 2006 and 2007.
- The Five Pillars of Economic
Development: A Study of Best Practices for the Roanoke Valley, Dr. Sabine
O'Hara, Roanoke College, 2007.
- Talent Attraction and Retention for
Economic Development in the City of Roanoke, Suzianne Battista, Virginia
Tech, 2007
- Roanoke
Valley Conceptual Greenway Plan, RVARC, 2007
- Roanoke
Trolley Economic Impact Study, RVAMPO, 2007
- 2005 Rural
Prosperity Forum Results, RVARC, 2005
- Alleghany
Highlands Telecommunications Plan (2004, RVARC) and Current
Broadband Planning Effort Website, Design Nine, 2008.
- Downtown
Greenway Connection Study, RVAMPO, 2004.
- An
Industry Cluster Analysis for the NewVA Region of Virginia, CREC and
RVARC, 2004.
- Visual
Identity Guidelines for the NewVA Brand, Landor & Associates, 2004.
- NewVA Regional Brand Website,
RVARC, 2004.
- Benchmark Analysis for the New Century
Region: Lessons from Benchmark Regions, Virginia Tech, Center for Regional
Strategies, 2004.
- Vintage
Trolley Conceptual Analysis, Wilbur Smith Associates, Lomardo Group,
2004.
- Regional Freight
Study, Wilbur Smith Associates, 2003.
- 2000 Commuting
Data Profiles, RVARC, 2003.
- Regional
Economic Strategy (2002), Fifth Planning District Regional Alliance
& Partner Organizations, 2002.
- Vital Signs
- Indicators and Benchmarks Report for the New Century Region, New Century
Council, 2001-2002.
- Image Priorities
for the Alleghany Highlands, Linda Staley and Brian Wishneff & Associates,
2001.
- Fifth Planning District Regional
Alliance Workforce Development Strategy, RKG Associates Inc, 1999
- Fifth Planning District Regional
Cluster Analysis, ICF Consulting, 1999
- Community Economic History
and Analysis, POLICOM Corporation, New Century Council, 1997
- New
Century Council "Vision", New Century Council, 1993.