The Coordinating & Development Corporation
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The Coordinating and Development Corporation (CDC), originally chartered in 1954, is a private, nonprofit, member-supported corporation that serves the economic, community, workforce, transportation, and business development needs of ten parishes in Northwest Louisiana, which include Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster.
2022-2026 CEDS
The Coordinating & Development Corporation announces that the 2022-2026 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is now available for a comment and review period. All comments must be submitted by December 3, 2022 to [email protected]
ALERT PROCESSING TIME
We are currently experiencing a staff shortage which has caused delays in application processing. Due to the high volume of applications, each application is placed in a queue in the order it was received. We are processing applications as quickly as possible. We have sent out emails regarding this processing time. If you have not received this email, please check your spam or junk folder in your email account. This email provides information about the eligibility documents that are required as well as directions for uploading these documents to your Hire account. Once the eligibility coordinator reaches your application, she will contact you via email or phone number provided. Please ensure you check your email regularly, including the spam folder, and have your voicemail set up so that if you are not available, she can leave you a message.
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OUR MISSION
As facilitators, our mission is to provide comprehensive development assistance to its membership and the private sector through a full range of services that help maintain public services and expand economic opportunities throughout the Region. CDC is governed by an Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Stakeholders represent communication, government, academia, finance, business, civic and other interests. CDC employs a professional staff with extensive experience in a variety of development and technical fields.