Our Publications
CEDS
Sierra Business Council administers the Sierra Economic Development District (SEDD), which includes El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, and Plumas counties. We’re currently developing the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for these five counties.
Vulnerability Assessment
A project of Sierra CAMP, the Sierra Nevada Regional Climate Vulnerability Assessment will help Sierra Nevada communities prepare for climate change by examining social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities specific to our region and by providing climate planning technical assistance.
Wildfire Strategy
Wildfire risk is increasing in size, intensity, frequency, and duration across a broader range of communities and landscapes. Wind-driven fires as a result of Diablo wind patterns (rather than fuel-dominated wildland ground and crown fires) are also increasingly common, leading to structure fires in urban communities that originate in the wildland urban interface (WUI) or wildlands.
Biomass in the Sierra Nevada: A Case for Healthy Forests and Rural Economies
The State of the Sierra 2007 report represents the third edition of the Sierra Business Council’s indicator project to identify trends affecting the social, natural, and financial capital of the Sierra Nevada.
Sierra Economic Development District (SEDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy CEDS
The goal of the Sierra Economic Development District CEDS is to codify a regional strategy to advance prosperity and improve quality of life.
Eastern Sierra Economic Assessment
The Eastern Sierra Innovation and Prosperity report provides economic development strategies for five economic sectors.
Placer Low Impact Development Guidebook
In 2004, Placer County identified Low Impact Development (LID) as a mitigation strategy for the County Aquatic Resource Program – a comprehensive strategy for state and federal environmental regulatory compliance on projects covered by the Placer County Conservation Plan.
Sediment Source Control Handbook
The Sediment Source Control Handbook presents a set of principles and practices for sediment source control on disturbed sites in the West.
The State of the Sierra Report
The State of the Sierra 2007 report represents the third edition of the Sierra Business Council’s indicator project to identify trends affecting the social, natural, and financial capital of the Sierra Nevada.
A Commercial and Mixed Use Handbook
Sierra towns have historically thrived with a combination of commercial and residential development, what is referred to as commercial and mixed use (CMU). Given that there is no single reference to which builders, planners, or citizens can turn for information on successful mixed use approaches in the Sierra, the Sierra Business Council has invested in this publication.
Sierra Nevada Wealth Index (2006)
The Sierra Business Council developed the Sierra Nevada Wealth Index to help business leaders and policy makers understand the assets that sustain our region.
Planning for Prosperity
Winner of the American Planning Association’s prestigious Daniel Burnham Award, Planning for Prosperity is designed to help planners and decision-makers in the Sierra Nevada plan wisely and effectively for their communities’ futures. The reference guide outlines principles which, together, provide a new, more effective framework for land planning in the Sierra, and also ensure the quality of the planning process itself.
Investing for Prosperity
This is a new guide to economic and community development that offers hundreds of ways to achieve prosperity in fast-growing rural regions.
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