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SUMMARY:Establishing the Foundation (ETF) - In-person (Closed Event)
LOCATION:Calgary Economic Development , 237 4 Ave S.W., Suite 2600, Calgary, AB, T2P 4K3, AB
DESCRIPTION:Establishing the Foundation (ETF) - In-person (Closed Event)\n\n10/09/26 09:00 AM MST\n - 10/09/26 03:30 PM MST\Description:\nEconomic Development – Establishishing the Foundation (ETF)\n\nYour journey starts here.\n\nThis introductory course provides a solid grounding in the principles and practices of economic development. This is a core course within the Community Economic Development Certificate Program and serves as the foundation for all other EDA Institute courses. \n\nParticipants will learn to:\n\n\n	Explain what economic development is and how it differs from individual projects or oneâtime initiatives.\n	Describe how economic development practice has evolved from a narrow businessâgrowth focus to today’s integrated, resilienceâcentered approach.\n	Identify the key contributing factors that shape a community’s capacity to grow, including human capital, infrastructure, natural resources, financial capacity, and community alignment.\n	Differentiate between governance and operations roles in economic development and explain the responsibilities of Council, administration, and practitioners.\n	Interpret basic economic and community data, both quantitative and qualitative, and explain how it informs planning, investment readiness, and strategy development.\n	Apply core community analysis tools, including needs assessment, asset mapping, gap analysis, and SWOT, to understand a community’s economic position.\n	Explain the purpose and structure of a Strategic Economic Development Plan and distinguish between vision, mission, goals, strategies, and tactics.\n	Select and justify economic development strategies that fit a community’s context, capacity, and readiness.\n	Describe common economic development delivery models and assess which model is most appropriate for a given community.\n	Explain how a Logic Model connects strategy to implementation and accountability.\n	Identify appropriate partners, funding sources, and incentives to support economic development initiatives.\n	Describe the role of performance measurement and continuous improvement in economic development, using the SOME Framework as a guide.\n	Explain resilience as a lens that should be integrated across all aspects of economic development practice, framed by the six-factor resilience model introduced in Module 1 and developed further in the CER course.\n	Faculty: Trevor Lewington\n	 \n\n\Location:\nCalgary Economic Development \n237 4 Ave S.W., Suite 2600, Calgary, AB, T2P 4K3\n, AB
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Establishing the Foundation (ETF) - In-person (Closed Event)<br /><br />10/09/26 09:00 AM MST - 10/09/26 03:30 PM MST<br />Description:<br /><h2 data-end="175" data-start="107"><strong data-end="173" data-start="110">Economic Development &ndash; Establishishing the Foundation (ETF)</strong></h2>

<p data-end="205" data-start="176"><strong data-end="205" data-start="176">Your journey starts here.</strong></p>

<p data-end="550" data-start="207">This introductory course provides a solid grounding in the principles and practices of economic development. <em>This is a core course within the Community Economic Development Certificate Program and serves as the foundation for all other EDA Institute courses.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p data-end="603" data-start="576">Participants will learn to:</p>

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	<li>Explain what economic development is and how it differs from individual projects or one&acirc;time initiatives.</li>
	<li>Describe how economic development practice has evolved from a narrow business&acirc;growth focus to today&rsquo;s integrated, resilience&acirc;centered approach.</li>
	<li>Identify the key contributing factors that shape a community&rsquo;s capacity to grow, including human capital, infrastructure, natural resources, financial capacity, and community alignment.</li>
	<li>Differentiate between governance and operations roles in economic development and explain the responsibilities of Council, administration, and practitioners.</li>
	<li>Interpret basic economic and community data, both quantitative and qualitative, and explain how it informs planning, investment readiness, and strategy development.</li>
	<li>Apply core community analysis tools, including needs assessment, asset mapping, gap analysis, and SWOT, to understand a community&rsquo;s economic position.</li>
	<li>Explain the purpose and structure of a Strategic Economic Development Plan and distinguish between vision, mission, goals, strategies, and tactics.</li>
	<li>Select and justify economic development strategies that fit a community&rsquo;s context, capacity, and readiness.</li>
	<li>Describe common economic development delivery models and assess which model is most appropriate for a given community.</li>
	<li>Explain how a Logic Model connects strategy to implementation and accountability.</li>
	<li>Identify appropriate partners, funding sources, and incentives to support economic development initiatives.</li>
	<li>Describe the role of performance measurement and continuous improvement in economic development, using the SOME Framework as a guide.</li>
	<li>Explain resilience as a lens that should be integrated across all aspects of economic development practice, framed by the six-factor resilience model introduced in Module 1 and developed further in the CER course.</li>
	<li><strong>Faculty:</strong> Trevor Lewington<br />
	&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<br />Location:<br />Calgary Economic Development <br />237 4 Ave S.W., Suite 2600, Calgary, AB, T2P 4K3<br />, AB 
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