NEWS & EVENTS

NCDC Annual Meeting

NCDC had its annual meeting January 28th, where officers were elected and the board refreshed.  In 2010, there were some adjustments to the officers when Kent Baker took over the helm as President while David DiBattista took a much needed step back to Vice President after many years of often daily interaction in the office.  Our thanks go out to both for their contributions to the community and the organization.  John Bilda took over as Secretary following the unfortunate passing of our friend Ron Aliano.  Ron was not only an officer of NCDC but had spent 40 years building a business empire, investing in Norwich and helping other investors find the value of creating new ventures and opportunities in our community.  John is also the Assistant Treasurer and spends time creating value within NPU who is also a significant NCDC Funding sponsor.  Brian McNamara continues as Treasurer and was also elected Assistant Secretary to create some backup assuring NCDC’s ability to meet timely contractual requirements. Check out our full Board of Directors

New NCDC Strategic Plan

In 2007 the NCDC Board of Directors established several key strategies to chart a new direction for the organization. Those strategies included-

• Increasing organizational capacity
• Community economic improvement focus
• Strengthening relationships

Those goals have been substantially met or undertaken by the board and staff by mid-2009. The Board held a special workshop to discuss a new set of strategies developed over the last 16 weeks which are designed to assist the City of Norwich in improving the economic condition of the community. The planning period is for 3 years and identifies 4 key issues with 8 goals and 33 strategies. The plan is developed in 3 sections-

1. External Environment- the setting we are working within
2. Current and Future Conditions- what we have and what we want
3. Goals and Strategies- how we are going to achieve what we want

The Strategic Plan will remain in draft form until NCDC can reach a broad spectrum of the community to communicate the plan and seek input and partnerships on key activities.  Download a PDF of the Strategic Plan

DECD brings Connecticut Strategic Plan to Norwich

On Monday, January 25 at 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development will conduct an informational forum on the State Economic Strategic Plan at the Otis Library Community Room. 

Directions to the library can be found at: otislibrarynorwich.org. A PDF version of the State’s plan can be found on the DECD website at: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/lib/ecd/connecticut_esp-final.pdf. Please join us at Otis Library as NCDC and the other economic development stakeholder in Norwich receive a first hand review of the plan.

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