Economic Growth

1. Help plug the leaks in our economy - local spending
2. Encourage entrepreneurship
3. Business recruitment and retention
4. Encourage tourism development

1. Build & publicize directory of all goods & services available in Estill County
2. Facilitate leakage analysis and import substitutions
3. Hold entrepreneur academy and work toward founding a business incubator and loan fund
4. Target businesses to recruit and assess needs from current businesses
5. Explore opportunities to attract more visitors 

Civic Capacity

Building

1. Encourage local philanthropy
2. Expand leadership development
3. Collaborate across organizations
4. Facilitate volunteerism

1. Launch Estill County Community Foundation
2. Expand on leadership development through Leadership Lee, Estill, And Powell (LEAP)
3. Work with other community organizations to ensure they have access to all resources available to them
4. Launch a formal, organized volunteer program that helps to match organization needs with volunteer skills 

Education & Public Awareness

1. Improve communication
2. Facilitate school-community collaborations
3. Enhance transparency
4. Explore vocational and post-secondary opportunities
5. Help celebrate our community's victories

1. Coordinate local organizations, collect all events, and distribute weekly updates to community
2. Implement "penny harvest" program and explore other school-community partnership opportunities
3. Found ECTV to report on community events & meetings
4. Make contact with institutions about coming to Estill County
5. Provide regular updates to the community about events and successes, no matter how small

Sustainability

1. Make EDA self-sustaining
2. Pursue opportunities to "green" our community
3. Build EDA & Chamber membership
4. Explore opportunities to build local tax base and attract immigration

1. Launch revenue producing enterprises while focusing fundraising events on quality versus quantity
2. Work with all sectors to become more energy efficient
3. Grow membership while increasing value added
4. Beyond new businesses, work with local leaders to make our community more attractive to new residents

Innovation & Heritage

1. Lead the community in adopting progressive new ideas
2. Help promote our community's unique heritage

1.  Explore and implement local investment vehicle
2. Form, appoint, and fund EC Heritage Preservation Commission
3. Facilitate more local listings on National Register of Historic Places
4. Lead the community in "outside the box" thinking