2006 Annual Report Executive Summary
Fayette Enterprise Community
The Fayette Enterprise Community (FEC) is made up of six census tracts throughout Fayette County, Pennsylvania totaling 84.37 square miles. The FEC also includes three developable sites totaling 1,499.34 acres. Currently, the FEC Strategic Plan includes 105 benchmarks totaling more than $200 million dollars. The FEC Board received 38 grant applications for over $411,000. The Board reviewed and approved a total of 13 projects totaling $140,000. New benchmarks have been created to effectively support projects for future funding years. Each of the benchmarks falls into one of the seven categories that make up the FEC Strategic Plan. Those categories are: Agriculture, Community Development, Economic Development, Education, Housing, Social Conditions, and Transportation.
There has been a personnel change within Fay-Penn Economic Development Council and a new acting manager began overseeing the FEC in June 2006. The local FEC implementation committee members are encouraged to conduct meetings with educators and job services providers to develop projects that will address the core issues of poverty related to the areas of education, training and job creation.