Regional Economic Development opportunity for Oklahoma

Training and technical assistance for rural economic development planning is the focus of a new project in Oklahoma called SET, or Stronger Economies Together.

The participants will receive lots of training as the main benefit of the project. You can see an overview of the training here (PDF).

Regions must contain at least 3 contiguous counties and can cross state lines. Regional groups can be brand new or existing. All participants have to commit to attending the bulk of the training. Groups with a wide variety of members (private sector, public sector, etc.) will score more points in the application process.

SET has been done is many other states, and is now expanding into Oklahoma as a partnership of
the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and the USDA-RD State Office.

This is a competitive program, so applications must be submitted by May 4 and up to 2 regions may be selected (depending on available funding).

Questions? Contact Ryan McMullen (405) 742-1000 ryan.mcmullen@ok.usda.gov OR Brian Whitacre (405) 744-9825 brian.whitacre@okstate.edu.

Source: Dave Shideler, via email.