CEDS Public Meetings

TMACOG is seeking input from businesses, community leaders, and the public as it develops a five-year regional economic development plan for Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood counties.

TMACOG is collecting information about regional opportunities and challenges through an electronic survey and five open meetings during May. Your input on regional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats will directly inform priorities that will become part of a new Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).

The CEDS is a five-year strategic plan that guides and prioritizes the region's economic development efforts and provides a roadmap for federal, state, and private investment in the region. The plan examines economic factors including workforce, education, infrastructure, transportation, business climate, quality of life, industry and innovation, and demographics and population trends.

Click here to access the five-minute survey, which will close at the end of May. Responses will be kept confidential.

You can also learn more about the CEDS and share your input at upcoming meetings across the five-county region:

Lucas County

• Wednesday May 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
• TMACOG

  300 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 300
  Toledo, OH 43604

Wood County

• Tuesday, May 13, 4-5 p.m.
• BGSU Center for Regional Development
  400 E. Poe Road
  Bowling Green, OH 43403

Seneca County

• Wednesday, May 14, 9-10 a.m.
• North Central Ohio Educational Service Center
  928 W. Market St.
  Tiffin, OH 44883

Ottawa County

• Tuesday, May 20, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
• Catawba Island Club
  4235 Beach Club Road
  Port Clinton, OH 43452

Sandusky County

• Wednesday, May 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
• Birchard Library
  423 Croghan St.
  Fremont, OH 43420

TMACOG kicked off development of the new CEDS in November 2024 and expects to complete it by the end of 2025. This is a crucial step for TMACOG to create a federally designated Economic Development District (EDD) for the five-county region, which will open new avenues for funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

TMACOG is working closely with partners including Lucas County Economic Development, Ottawa County Community Improvement Corporation, Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation, Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership, Wood County Economic Development Commission, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, Seneca Chamber of Commerce, Owens Community College, Terra State Community College, Tiffin University, Bowling Green State University, University of Toledo, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, and other local economic development practitioners.