This committee focuses on a wide range of community and economic development issues affecting counties aimed at creating and retaining jobs and broadening the tax base. In particular, the committee focuses on federal legislation and regulations affecting economic development under the Community Development Block Grant program, the Section 108-loan guarantee program, and the grant and loan programs of the Federal Economic Development Administration and Small Business Administration. The committee develops NACCED's legislative and regulatory agenda. It prepares policy statements in the form of resolutions for consideration by the Committee, the NACCED Board, the NACCED/NACo Joint Economic Development Committee, and the NACo Community and Economic Development– all meetings that are attended by the community development committee chair. The committee chair and vice-chair are ex-officio members of the Program Support Committee and are expected to provide input on community development sessions to be offered at the annual conference.

Meets the second Thursday of every month.

Chair: Angela Shuppert, Washington County, MN
Vice-Chair: Rita Reyes-Acosta, Los Angeles County, CA