Team Jefferson is setting a new tone for local economic development.

Relying on national research and best practices for rural economic development, Team Jefferson no longer focuses on recruitment. Instead, we focus on growing our local economy from within by energizing entrepreneurs and helping existing local businesses expand; 90% of the new jobs in rural communities come from local entrepreneurs!

Team Jefferson uses an innovative organizational framework. There isn’t just one director or dues paying memberships that pay for part time staff.  Team Jefferson taps the energy and expertise of a diverse TEAM of community leaders, volunteers, entrepreneurs and retired business executives.  

Team Jefferson meets regularly, intentionally adopting a work plan that uses enterprise development rather than membership to support its efforts.  In addition, as probably the only EDC in the nation nested within one of the State’s major research universities, Washington State University, there is significant contribution and investment from WSU Jefferson County Extension

Team Jefferson focuses on innovative strategic priorities.
Relying on national research from the Kauffman Foundation and Center for Rural Economic Development, Team Jefferson is focused on strategies that maximize the assets and strengths of our community—its location, it’s people, and a local economy high in “cultural-creatives”: artists, artisans, skilled trades people, innovators, and advanced technologists.
  
Team Jefferson works together to grow the local economy by:

• Energizing Entrepreneurs
• Attracting and retaining 18-35 year-old emerging entrepreneurs
• Expanding access to capital through local community reinvestment
• Setting a new tone of community leadership, collaboration, and public-private partnership (pg 1) (pg 2)

EDC Team Jefferson recently provided an economic update to the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners May 4, 2009.

Follow this link to see the presentation: TJ Update May 2009

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