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At CEDA’s 50th Annual Meeting, the members held elections for the CEDA Board of Directors. Each of the following people will serve on the CEDA Board for a term of two years: Denis Duman, Idaho County; Greg Johnson, Lewis County; David McGraw, Latah County; John Smith, Clearwater County; Bob Tippett, Nez Perce County; Helen LeBoeuf, Banner Bank; Tate Smith, Lewis-Clark State College; Melinda Davis, University of Idaho; Bruce Larson, NIMA; Jack Duman, Cottonwood; Ryan Smathers, Orofino (new); IN MOTION CEDA Elects Leaders Steve Bateman, Vice-Chairman Steve Greenfield, Chairman Dave Brown, Potlatch; Robert West, Kamiah; Ged Randall, Lewiston; Gina Taruscio, Moscow (new); Steve Bateman, Nezperce; Kermit Mankiller, Nez Perce Tribe; Robert Smith, University of Idaho; Victoria Scalise, North Central Idaho Travel Association; Steve Greenfield, U.S. Bank; Jeff Ober, Lewis-Clark State College (new). CEDA Partners with Lewis-Clark State College and the Lewiston School District to Secure Funding for Career Technical Education City of Genesee Joins CEDA At its September 18th city council meeting, the City of Genesee voted unanimously to join as the 70th member of the CEDA organization! They are also the 25th community to join CEDA. CEDA staff is in the preliminary stages of working with the City on a needed infrastructure project. THANK YOU and welcome, Genesee! Clearwater Economic Development Association | September 2018 The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Lewis-Clark State College $1.52 million and the Lewiston School District $661,944 for the purchase of fixed equipment for the career-technical centers that will be located in Lewiston. For two years, CEDA worked with LCSC and the school district on development of their respective projects, coordinating with the Economic Development Administration staff, developing the scope of the projects, gathering data, making job creation projections, and writing the pre-application and full applications. CEDA is also listed as a co-awardee on both projects and shall be responsible for ensuring that LCSC and the Lewiston School District comply with all grant requirements for procurement and interim financial and progress reporting. The LCSC project is projected to create 391 jobs, retain 423 jobs, and generate $14.7 million in private investment. The Lewiston School District project will generate or help to retain an estimated 385 jobs and spur at least $9 million in private investment. The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA makes investments in economically distressed communities in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth. On May 24th, the CEDA Board of Directors elected Steve Greenfield as Chairman and Steve Bateman as vice-chairman.

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At CEDA’s 50th Annual Meeting, the members held elections for the CEDA Board of Directors. Each of the following people will serve on the CEDA Board for a term of two years: Denis Duman, Idaho County; Greg Johnson, Lewis County; David McGraw, Latah County; John Smith, Clearwater County; Bob Tippett, Nez Perce County; Helen LeBoeuf, Banner Bank; Tate Smith, Lewis-Clark State College; Melinda Davis, University of Idaho; Bruce Larson, NIMA; Jack Duman, Cottonwood; Ryan Smathers, Orofino (new);

IN MOTION

CEDA Elects Leaders

Steve Bateman,

Vice-Chairman

Steve Greenfield, Chairman

Dave Brown, Potlatch; Robert West, Kamiah; Ged Randall, Lewiston; Gina Taruscio, Moscow (new); Steve Bateman, Nezperce; Kermit Mankiller, Nez Perce Tribe; Robert Smith, University of Idaho; Victoria Scalise, North Central Idaho Travel Association; Steve Greenfield, U.S. Bank; Jeff Ober, Lewis-Clark State College (new).

CEDA Partners with Lewis-Clark State College and the Lewiston School District to Secure Funding for Career Technical Education

City of Genesee Joins CEDA

At its September 18th city council meeting, the City of Genesee voted unanimously to join as the 70th member of the CEDA

organization! They are also the 25th community to join CEDA. CEDA staff is in the preliminary stages of working with the City on a

needed infrastructure project. THANK YOU and welcome, Genesee!

C l e a r w a t e r E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n | S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 8

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Lewis-Clark State College $1.52 million and the Lewiston School District $661,944 for the purchase of fixed equipment for the career-technical centers that will be located in Lewiston. For two years, CEDA worked with LCSC and the school district on development of their respective projects, coordinating with the Economic Development Administration staff, developing the scope of the projects, gathering data, making job creation projections, and writing the pre-application and full applications. CEDA is also listed as a co-awardee on both projects and shall be responsible for ensuring that LCSC and the Lewiston School District comply with all grant requirements for procurement and interim financial and progress reporting. The LCSC project is projected to create 391 jobs, retain 423 jobs, and generate $14.7 million in private investment. The Lewiston School District project will generate or help to retain an estimated 385 jobs and spur at least $9 million in private investment. The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA makes investments in economically distressed communities in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.

On May 24th, the CEDA Board of Directors elected Steve Greenfield as Chairman and Steve Bateman as vice-chairman.

CEDA’s Community Development department has been busy this spring and summer keeping up with an array of exciting public facility and parks projects in North-Central Idaho. In May we celebrated the opening of the brand new Kids Klub facility in Grangeville. The Klub has already put the facility to use, hosting an array of summer learning programs for youth in the area. This Fall they will open their doors to not only their after-school program, but also a new “Kind-er-Ready” Pre-K program made possible by their new space. We also celebrated with the City of Nezperce at the grand opening of the new Regional Emergency Services Building, a collaborative project between the City and Rural Fire Departments as well as the Nezperce EMS. Both Kids Klub and Nezperce received Community Development Block Grants to assist in the construction of their facilities. Summer brought the start of construction for several area projects also funded by ICDBG Public Facility awards. The City of Weippe undertook a point repair project to identify and repair

aging pipes in their wastewater system. Clearwater Water District successfully addressed compliance issues with their water system through a distribution and supply project. The City of Potlatch, aided by the award of an ICDBG Park Facility grant, is preparing to install a splashpad in the Scenic 6 Park as a free accessible way for kids and families to cool off from the summer heat. Fall looks to be almost as busy as summer, with Rapid River Water District and the City of Stites preparing to seek bids for their facility improvement projects. The Cities of Kendrick and White Bird are also gearing up for Fall construction to improve their wastewater systems In Region III, the City of Donnelly successfully added a new well to their water system, allowing them to welcome new hook-ups onto their system. The City of New Meadows completed a wastewater system upgrade that successfully removed

effluent from the Little Salmon River, improving critical fish habitat and ensuring a clean water supply in our Idaho rivers. The City of Notus in Canyon County also began construction on needed improvements to their wastewater lagoons. Even with so much going on, we couldn’t forget to celebrate our recently awarded 2018 Public Facility awards. The City of Kendrick received additional funding to help complete their wastewater treat-ment repairs, and the City of New Meadows received $500,000 as a part of their water system improvement project to provide reliable infrastructure for their growing community.

The Community Development Department was also delighted to partner with Idaho Rural Water Association to host three Sustainable Utility Management courses for small and rural systems. Workshops were held in January in Potlatch, in April in New Meadows, and in August in Kendrick. We’re always grateful to partner with organizations like IRWA to bring resources and tools to area communities. If you have a topic you’d like to learn more about, or if you

know of a resource you’d like to see brought to a community near you, let us know! Every one of these projects was made possible by long-term planning, strong leadership, and tenacity on the part of the communities and organizations. All of them had huge community investments of time, talent, and resources that were matched by investments from project partners like USDA Rural Development and DEQ. CEDA is honored to be a partner in projects across North Central Idaho. As always, we believe that projects should be driven by and fully-owned by the communities. Our goal is to assist and to facilitate the planning and implementation process. We’re grateful to all of our communities and organizations who ask us to be a part of their projects and we look forward to celebrating more successful infrastructure improvements and every manner of projects that help make North-Central Idaho a great place to live, work, and play. CEDA remains community driven- not privately driven, which means that all profits garnered from CEDA services are reinvested back into our communities by providing technical assistance, training, and workshops that help to build stronger communities. We believe in the betterment of North-Central Idaho and in building the capacity of each community and organization to be successful and sustainable. If your community has a project that you’d like to make a reality or if you need assistance in navigating funding options for an up-coming public facility upgrade, please reach out and let us know how we can assist you. Remember- it’s never too early to start planning for your community’s future! Contact Kelly Dahlquist at [email protected] , Angie Edwards-Kuskie at [email protected], or Dodd Snodgrass at [email protected].

Community Development News:

North Central Idaho Communities Complete Comprehensive Land Use Planning Training

The cities of Cottonwood, Grangeville, Nezperce, and Winchester completed a six-month training course on how small communities can develop or revise their comprehensive land use plans. With the financial support of the USDA Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) Program and CEDA’s local resources, CEDA Community Development Specialist Angie Edwards-Kuskie developed and delivered through face-to-face meetings held in a variety of locations beginning in January and ending in June of this year. CEDA provided participants with information on how to locate and use local resources to collect information on local history and existing community conditions that must, by state statute, be included in a plan document. Existing conditions evaluated in a comprehensive plan include community demographics, facilities and services, transportation, school facilities and student transportation, hazards and hazardous areas, airports, agriculture, natural resources, housing, parks and recreation, land use, community design, the business district, the economy, and historical resources. CEDA helped provide tools for analyzing needs and opportunities and for development of an implementation strategy. Twenty-four people participated in the training with each community receiving a certificate of program completion. Lewis County also was able to attend several of the sessions, using the training in the revision of the Lewis County Land Use Plan. Those individuals attending the majority, if not all, training segments include: Tonya Kennedy, Jordan Wasem, Wes Lester, and Beryl Grant (City of Grangeville); Rhonda Schmidt, Steve Bateman, Liz Hess, and Jerry Elven (City of Nezperce); Carol Altman (City of Cottonwood); LeAnn Trautman and Rosemary McLeod (City of Winchester); Shelley Ponozzo (Lewis County); and Gavin Lewis, Ida-Lew Economic Development.

The City of Grangeville moved quickly and used CEDA technical support to develop their existing conditions sections and is in the process of developing their implementation strategy. The City hopes to complete the Grangeville Comprehensive Plan by November 2018. The cities of Cottonwood, Nezperce, and Winchester are in the early stages of collecting data on their existing conditions. The City of Potlatch acted as a pilot to this training program and contracted with CEDA earlier to help them revise their plan document. Latah County helped finance the technical support they received from CEDA. The plan document is complete with adoption slated for October 2018. Stites, Riggins, and White Bird are being invited to participate in the second training segment which will begin by January 2019. Eligibility was determined in 2016 when communities signed up for the program.

CEDA Hires A New Development Manager

On July 23rd, Dodd Snodgrass joined the CEDA staff. As the newDevelopment Manager, Dodd is working with the region and Communities to pri-oritize and develop projects that increase community livability or that positively vcon-tribute to the local economy. Doddhas 20 years of experience in economics and community development. He is highly motivated towards community building and support of business recruit-ment, expansion, and retention to create investment and jobs.

In 1994, Dodd began work with CEDA as the Economic Development Planner and Director. In 2001, he accepted a position as the Economic Development Specialist for the Port of Belling-ham, Washington. After 17 years of experience working in the State of Washington, Dodd is happy to return to North Central Idaho. Dodd has a Master of Science in Economics from Iowa State University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Political Science from the University of Idaho. CEDA is excited to have Dodd return to CEDA and eager to use his knowledge and skills to further development in our region!

CEDA Staff News

NADO Training Seminar:Deb Smith, CEDA’s Regional Economic Planner, was a presenter for the National Association Development Organization Research Foundation’s Virtual Peer Exchange in May. This was the first of four webinars focused on fostering collaborative transportation and economic development planning. The webinar based program is attended by economic and community planners from throughout the country and will conclude in October.

2018 CDBG TrainingIn August of 2018, CEDA staff members participated in the Idaho Community Development Block Grant Certified Grant Ad-ministrator Training. Five CEDA staff applied for and recieved certification as CDBG Administrators: Christine Frei, Kelly Dahlquist, Deb Smith, Angie Edwards-Kuskie, and Dodd Snodgrass.

PCED CERTIFICATION:Executive Director Christine Frei and Regional Economic Planner Deb Smith both successfully met the requirements to recertify as Professional Community and Economic Developers.

CEDA Community Leader Honorees The following people were honored at the 50th celebration as “champions for community, unsung heroes of positive

growth and development, and individuals who have made a notable difference in the lives of people.”BovillBecky Kellom CottonwoodMardel SonnenRyan UhlenkottRon GrantCraigmontGary BallRaina FreiCuldesacJoanne SchezleSharon AbeleKathryn BomarDearyJason JohnsonShelly CannonElk CityJoyce Dearstyne

KendrickDana MagnusonKooskiaTeresa LytleJoy Lee LapwaiAnn McCormackLewistonJ.R. Van TasselLiz ChavezHelen LeBoeufSteve BrantingDennis OhrtmanMarion ShinnJohn CurrinJan VassarRob LohrmeyerDoug Purdy

StitesRuth MohrWeippe Norm SteadmanElwin Hutchins

CEDA Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership

Over 190 people gathered on April 13 to celebrate CEDA’s 50 years of service to North Central Idaho and to honor 76 people for their leadership and dedication to their communities and to the region. CEDA used a county fair theme hosting the evening at the Nez Perce County Fair Grounds with a catered barbeque, and with the local Eagles providing bar service (raising money for Veteran and community needs). Dr. Dennis Ohrtman wrote and delivered a poignant prayer in celebration of the region. CEDA Chairman Denis Duman, Idaho County Commissioner, acted as the Master of Ceremony. Live music was provided by Dan Faller and The Working Poor. Prior to the celebration, CEDA hosted its annual membership business meeting.

CEDA Awards

Rick Laam, City of Orofino was recognized by CEDA for his leadership in regional and community development. Rick has served CEDA as a board member for over 32 years, serviced as board chairman from 2006 through 2009, oversaw the largest increase in membership in CEDA’s history, provided needed input in the update of CEDA bylaws and CEDA Administrative Guidelines, and volunteered countless hours in a major reconstruction of a CEDA-owned facility in Alturas Park, Moscow. Rick Laam provided the energy and spirit behind CEDA’s first annual regional celebration in 2007. He is retiring from the CEDA Board of Directors this year.

Denis Duman, Idaho County was recognized for his leadership this past four years as CEDA Chairman. Denis is a long-time board member who has represented the City of Cottonwood and later Idaho County. Denis resigned the chairmanship this year and remains on theCEDA Board of Directors and CEDA Operations and Finance Council.

Marion Shinn: CEDA was honored to recognize Marion Shinn as the only living charter member of the CEDA Board of Directors. He was the first person to write CEDA’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and secureEconomic Development Administration (EDA) funding for CEDA’s first project, the LCSC Vocational Education building. Marion also wrote an incredible record of CE-DA’s beginning history, helping CEDA to preserve this information for the future.

Elk RiverJames Martin GrangevilleTonya KennedyJeff KutnerJuliaettaRichard GrosecloseKamiahSusie HeckmanRichard SpencerLatah CountyLee GibbsMike BowmanGreg JohnsonJeff KutnerTaffee SchaackRaymond Dixon

MoscowJackson DavisRobin WoodsNezpercePatty BarnettJerry ElvenRhonda SchmidtSteve BatemanJoe LeitchLewis CountyShelley PonozzoCarroll KeithH.L. “Roy” ClayRick LaamPierceTrevor SparrowGreg Gerot

Lewis CountyShelley PonozzoCarroll KeithH.L. “Roy” ClayRick LaamPierceTrevor SparrowGreg GerotPotlatchJoan and Tom BenderGary NagleDave BrownSalie AndersonRigginsBob CrumpGlenna McClure

StitesRuth MohrWeippe Norm SteadmanElwin Hutchins

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As 2018 comes to a close Happy Holidays from all of us at CEDA.To our outgoing elected officials: THANK YOU for your service to North Central Idaho.To our newly elected incoming officials we look forward to working with you and helping you to make your communi-ties and our region the best they can be.

Small business lending activity at CEDA is brisk. The first 12 months of fiscal year 2018 that ended August 31 saw 12 projects approved with the aggregate dollar amount of which was just short of $1.2 million. For perspective, the average activity for a single fiscal year is 11 projects and $465,000. The average over the most recent five fiscal years is 10 projects and $843,044. This year’s projects included the financing of four new business starts, five expanding businesses, and three retention projects. A few trends that stand out include the average CEDA loan dollar amount is indicating the need for more capital to serve the same number of projects. The average loan amount has been higher each year than the previous year four out of the most recent five years. The average for these five years in aggregate is double the historical average. The identifiable trend relative to the number of projects financed is that wide swings may be the new norm. The five most recent years contain the highest number of loans closed in a fiscal year (14) as well as the lowest (6) while the overall number of loans per year for the five years in aggregate remains similar to historical average of eleven. Trends in the type of projects CEDA is being asked to finance are encouraging. There is a shift toward new and expanding businesses that have the greatest potential for economic impact and away from retention projects where the request is to provide financing to “fix” an issue so the business can continue. FY 2018 retention projections included the purchase of the business by its manager from the retiring owner; the exercise of a purchase option on a leased facility allowing a business to solidify its location for the long-term, and a single project where financing was needed as a corrective measure. Three of the loans issued by CEDA during FY-2018 were in partnership with bank financing for the same project. This type of structure is referred to as “gap” financing. Approximately 78% of CEDA’s capital is in programs that were specifically designed to increase access to capital via gap financing, but the reality is that less than 20% of the projects are financed using the gap structure as intended. This trend toward more gap financing is welcome as these projects contribute well to CEDA’s ability to meet its lending goals established with the federal agencies that helped to capitalize the loan funds. A very welcome trend is that over the most recent two years the number of applicants has increased significantly resulting in portfolio growth and the end to a five year trend of decline. For reasons not fully understood, fiscal year 2012 marked the end of fifteen years of steady growth of both the portfolio and the capital base. Fiscal Year 2013 was the beginning of a five year decline during which only one year saw disbursals of funds for new loans exceed repayments to CEDA. The overall result was an eight hundred thousand dollar decline in the portfolio over a five year period. During the eleven months that make up 2018 fiscal year to date, the CEDA portfolio has regained six hundred thousand of that eight hundred thousand dollar decline with an additional one hundred thousand approved awaiting disbursal and six more applications that are in process with expectation of presentation to the Loan Review Committee over the next few months. CEDA has noted in recent months an increase in the number of projects that are “graduating” from CEDA via refinancing through their bank or credit union. These events are considered a success relative to the goal of the program to help small businesses become bankable. During FY-2018, four CEDA Borrowers repaid their CEDA loan balances with bank or credit union financing for their business. During most years only one CEDA Borrower or occasionally two have been able to obtain such refinancing. This pay-off activity is helping to continue a five-year trend of principal repayments to CEDA that average over $750,000 per year. The trend of relatively high principal repaid to CEDA by existing Bor-rowers is expected to continue in the short-term from a combination of early pay-offs and shorter than average terms on some of the notes in the portfolio, indicating that sufficient cash will be available to fund new applications. For more information on CEDA’s small business loan & finance program, contact John Lane at [email protected]

Small Business Lending Helps Start Four, Expand Five, and Retain Three Businesses in FY 18

CEDA Coordinates the 2018 NIMA Manufacturing Forum Solutions for Workplace Productivity

On July 26, Northwest Intermountain Manufacturers Association (NIMA) hosted the 2018 Manufacturing Forum at the Quality Inn, Clarkston. The event was coordinated by CEDA and attended by 30 people representing 15 manufacturing facilities. Vince Bovino, founder of the Bovino Consulting Group, was the keynote speaker presenting on operational excellence systems—performance measurements, incentive pay, performance communications, and performance improvement teams. A local manufacturing panel shared their experience with two incentive

programs, the 5-Hour Work Day Program and piece rate pay. Gunther Williams, Mary Beth Meyers, and Gina Kennedy from Idaho Sewing for Sports of Grangeville and Brent Smith and Travis Heath of Idaho Cedar Sales of Troy were the panelists.

A total of 40 area high school students completed the Northwest Intermountain Metal Manufacturing (NIMM) Career Development Program of summer courses. The NIMM program is in its second year and is preparing these students for entry-level manufacturing jobs when they complete high school this spring. These students were 10th graders when they started the pilot program in January 2017. Of the students who are participating, 23 are enrolled in the Electro-Mechanical training track and 17 are in the Mechanical Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Technician track. The two-year training program is intended to meet the workforce needs of regional manufacturers that produce with metal. The training includes online learning, hands-on engineering technology activities, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning, and lifelong learning. Students were recruited from 13 school districts in

north central Idaho and southeast Washington and take the classes free of charge. In July, Electro-Mechanical students

spent three weeks on the LCSC campus where they received hands-on training from LCSC instructors. The University of Idaho’s STEM Access Program personnel provided oversight and evening activities for those students who stayed on campus. During the program, STEM Access provides one-on-one mentorship to participating students.

Also in July, Mechanical CADD students completed an online Applied STEM course through the LCSC E-Learning Center. A University of Idaho graduate student, who works with the NIMM Program, developed the course.

All NIMM students received a $500 stipend for having successfully completed the first two courses of the program. These stipends were provided through the financial support of the Northwest Business Development Association of Spokane. Students will

continue with the program this fall with an online course, Drafting 1B, that was developed by LCSC. The course is provided through the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. Since the program began, students have participated in manufacturing tours at Clearwater Hydraulics, Vista Outdoors, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Hydraulic Warehouse, and Seekins Precision in Lewiston; Jetco Machine & Fabrication in Lewiston and Asotin; and Gem Chain Bar in Grangeville. CEDA, in cooperation with Northwest Intermountain Manufacturers Association (NIMA), coordinates the tours. Additional tours are planned throughout the training program. The next tour is scheduled in October at AAA Precision Tool & Cutter Grinding in Orofino.With the support of the Idaho Department of Labor and CEDA, NIMA is developing a regional Federal

Apprenticeship Program. As part of this effort, a student-to-work program will allow NIMM students from 16- to 18-years old to legally train and work in local manufacturing facilities starting next summer.

Students are earning high school credit for some of their course work. After successful completion of the program, students will receive a NorthwestIntermountain Metal Manufacturing industry recognized credential that certifies their training. The training provides pathways for these students to continue their education for advanced technical certificates, Associate of Applied Science degrees, and Applied Bachelor’s degrees. It is anticipated that some will pursue degrees in engineering and related fields.LCSC and its partnerships are evaluating the program as it goes and are working out ways to sustain the more successful aspects of the program for the future.This pilot initiative is managed by Lewis-Clark State College and funded by the National

Science Foundation. The project is titled:“Technical Career Pathways to Rural Manufacturing Using a Sector Approach to Support the Northwest Intermountain Metal Manufacturers.”

For more informationon the program, contact Christine Frei, the executive director at CEDA, at either 208-746-0015 ext. 104 or [email protected].

High School Students Prepare for Metal Manufacturing Field

NIMM students in the electronics class, LCSC Campus.

NIMM student in the machining class, LCSC Campus.

NIMM manufacturing tour:

Gem Chain Bar, Grangeville

NIMM Manufacturing Tour,

Renaissance Marine, Clarkston

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The NIMA Board of Directors is working with the Idaho Department of Labor (IDOL) and Clearwater Economic Development Association to develop regionalized Federal Apprenticeship Programs that may be able to serve the needs of local manufacturers. Three manufacturers in Southeast Washington and four manufacturers in North Central Idaho are interested in the program.

Several interest meetings have been coordinated by CEDA and the IDOL since October 2017. Entry level apprenticeships for machining, fabrication, and machine technology are being planned. As part of the offerings, Structured-on-the-Job (SOJT) training is also being offered. The NIMA Federal Registered Apprenticeship Program is needed for the Northwest Intermountain Metal Manufacturing CareerDevelopment Program (NIMM). Once the apprenticeships are in place, manufacturers enrolled in the program can hire student apprenticebetween the ages of 16 and 18 for production positions under aStudent-to-Work Registered Apprenticeship Program (STRAP) addendum.

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Regionalized Federal Registered Apprenticeship Program for Manufacturing is Moving Forward

COMSTRAT CORPORATION:In August, Comstrat Corporation of Lewiston donated 13 computers and six monitors to the NIMM Program through the 13 high schools.

NORTHWEST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONNWBDA funded NIMM student stipends.

THANK YOU! The NIMM Program extends its thanks to the following companies for their generous support:

SUPPORT CEDA MEMBER BUSINESSES!

City Members: · Cottonwood, City of · Craigmont, City of · Culdesac, City of · Deary, City of · Elk River, City of · Genesee, City of ·Grangeville, City of · Juliaetta, City of· Kamiah, City of · Kendrick, City of · Kooskia, City of · Lapwai, City of · Lewiston, City of · Moscow, City of · Nezperce, City of · Orofino, City of · Peck, City of · Pierce, City of · Potlatch, City of· Riggins, City of· Stites City of· Troy, City of· Weippe, City of

· White Bird, City of· Winchester, City of

Education: · Lewis-Clark State College · University of Idaho

· Ida-Lew Economic Development Council · Idaho Food Bank· Idaho Department of Environmental Quality · Idaho Department of Labor· Idaho Rural Water Assoc.· Lewis– Clark Valley Chamber of Commerce· North Central Idaho Travel Association · Northwest Intermountain Manufacturers’ Association · Valley Vision

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Private Industry: · Banner Bank· Bott & Associates Architects · Castellaw Kom Architects Columbia Bank· First Step Internet · Great West Engineering, Inc.· J-U-B Engineers, Inc · Keller & Associates · Keltic Engineering, Inc.· Mountain Waterworks· Northwest Management · Palouse Knowledge Corridor· Potlatch #1 FCU· RGU Architecture and Planning· TD&H Engineering · Umpqua Bank · US Bank · SMART Transportation· Washington Trust Bank · Wells Fargo· Zions Bank

CURRENTCEDA

MEMBERS:

The City of Riggins is making great progress on their City Park Stage, an RCDI project.

County Members: · Clearwater County· Idaho County · Latah County · Lewis County · Nez Perce County

Taxing Districts: · Kendrick-Juliaetta Recreation District - White Bird Area Recreation District· Port of Lewiston

Tribal Members: · Nez Perce Tribe

Utilities: · Avista Corporation · Clearwater Power

Snapshots from CEDA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration