Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness

Public Policy OfficesUnited States11-50 Employees

The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization founded to provide policy-makers from around the world with the information and technical assistance they need to formulate and execute innovative, regional, job-creating economic strategies.

CREC achieves this mission by:

Enhancing Understanding:  CREC works with clients to develop a data-driven appreciation of their region’s economy.  We work with public and proprietary data sources, supplemented by "on-the-ground" surveys, focus groups, and interviews, to paint detailed pictures of an area’s driving economic forces.

Planning for the Future:  CREC works with clients as they strive to articulate and address the economic forces impacting their regions to develop a regional vision for the next generation of citizens.

Empowering Leaders:  CREC staff teaches policymakers, economic development practitioners, and researchers how to better gather and analyze data; facilitate discussions between state and regional leaders to create plans and policies that work for everyone; and show policy-makers how they can create effective workforce and economic development plans.

CREC also manages six associations whose missions support our long-term goals. This includes the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER), the Labor Market Information Training Institute (LMI), the University Economic Development Association (UEDA), the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA), the State Economic Development Executives Network (SEDE), and the Projections Managing Partnership (PMP).

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