A Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is strategy-driven plan for regional economic development. Since late 2020, the regional planning commission (RPCs) and regional development corporations (RDCs) serving West Central Vermont (Addison County, Chittenden County, Rutland County, Washington County and part of Orange County) have been working to develop a CEDS that meets US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) requirements.

A draft CEDS was released in June 2022. The general public was invited to comment on the CEDS through August 2022. Those public comments have been integrated into a second draft CEDS released on November 1, 2022. A summary of changes to the CEDS between the first and second draft can be found here.

The final West Central Vermont CEDS is now available for review.