Dates & Location
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Community Education Building:
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Monday, July 24 - Thursday, July 27
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Accommodations
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A limited number of rooms will be available to CDI registrants at a reduced rate of $159 at
Courtyard Wimington Downtown, located at 1102 N West Street, Wilmington, DE 19801.
Book online now or call Marriott at
1-800-321-2211 by Monday, June 26th and identify yourself as part of the "CDI Mid-Atlantic Room Block group."
Curriculum and Schedule
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In 2023, Year 1 and Year 2 programming will be offered.
Each year's content includes core curriculum as well as additional workshops that give our participants the tools they need to return to and transform their communities.
Year 1 topics:
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- Building Inclusive Communities
- Building Our Learning Community
- Community Asset Mapping and Assessments
- Community and Economic Development Practice
- Community Strategic Visioning and Planning
- Conflict Management
- Equitable Development Strategies
- Identifying and Developing Stakeholders and Volunteers
- Intro to Economic Development
- Panel-CED Innovations in the Region
- Social Captial and Community Building
- Trauma-Informed Approaches
- Understanding Community Economies
- Vital Conditions/Healthy Communities
Year 2 topics:
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- Building Entrepreneurial Communities
- Business Attraction and Site Selection Process
- Business Retention and Expansion
- Community and Economic Development Finance
- Intro to Facilitation
- Quality of Place
- Strategic Planning & Doing
- More Year 2 topics to come!
A session schedule as well as more detailed information on content and speakers will be shared as we approach the 2023 CDI.
Topics in bold are core curriculum topics.
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