About The Project: Caldwell 20/20 - Caldwell County, North Carolina

Business and community leaders in Caldwell County have acknowledged that the New Economy is changing the dynamics of local competitiveness and quality of life.  Together with Caldwell 20/20, community leaders have embarked on the development of a Consensus Community Strategy and Implementation Plan – the first effort of its kind in Caldwell County – in order to develop opportunities for community growth, strengthen local workforce opportunities, and cultivate local quality of life assets.  This is another positive step on the road to establishing Caldwell County as a community where current and future residents can Live, Learn, Work, and Grow.

There are five key components of the Caldwell County community strategic planning process.  Each is outlined in further detail below.  Additional information and key findings of each component is available by clicking on the component.

1. Competitive Realities: This report demonstrated the current realities of Caldwell County’s demographic trends, economic structure, and its overall business climate. The report helped develop a shared understanding among project stakeholders of Caldwell County’s challenges and opportunities.
2. Stakeholder Input Process: This process gathered the perspectives of community members from interviews, focus groups, and an online survey conducted by Market Street.  
3. Target Business Analysis: The document presented priority target industry sectors for Caldwell 20/20 to pursue.  It includes an analysis of current business concentrations and an assessment of Caldwell County’s current workforce development capacity for each sector.
4. Community Consensus Strategy: The Strategy utilizes all previously collected research to provide a blueprint for Caldwell 20/20’s immediate and long-term goals. This document recommended goals, objectives, and specific action steps needed for the community to realize its preferred future.
5. Implementation Plan: This document assists Caldwell 20/20 in prioritizing action steps, assessing key implementation entities, building timelines, and researching current and potential funding sources.

Caldwell 20/20 and its partners have an Implementation Plan focused on addressing the community’s goals and leveraging opportunities, with the action steps and implementation guidelines necessary to achieve success. 

Caldwell 20/20: Live, Learn, Work, and Grow

> Competitive Realities Report
> Stakeholder Input Process
> Target Business Analysis
> Consensus Community Strategy
> Implementation Plan