11.12.24 What is the RRC ? Does Harbor Springs want or need the RRC?

Months ago we wrote a newsletter that talks about the Redevelopment Ready Community (RRC) & Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Here's the link:

https://wlhs.substack.com/p/wlhs-redevelopment-ready-community

Here's the MAP. As of 11.24 we believe Harbor Springs is "an engaged RRC community".

https://www.miplace.org/4ab2f1/globalassets/documents/maps/rrc-map.pdf

Here is a document to review:

https://www.miplace.org/programs/redevelopment-ready-communities/rrc-process/

HOW TO BECOME REDEVELOPMENT READY

The Redevelopment Communities® (RRC) process consists of several interconnected steps which are undertaken at a community's own pace. Learn more about each step below. For questions on the process, contact the

RRC Planner

for your region.

1. Set Up for Success

Prior to official engagement, coordinate a steering committee or team to review the

RRC Best Practice Handbook

set and

set up a meeting with your

region's

RRC Community Planner

to determine if RRC is the right fit for your community.

2. Engagement

After meeting with your RRC Community Planner and determining if formal engagement is the right fit, the community should move forward with the following steps:

• LEARN Attend Best Practices Trainings—A community must complete training on all 6 best practices. RRC offers this training in several forms: online self-directed, online live instructor (Ask RRC Community Planner about next session), and, when conditions allow, in-person over two days.

• APPROVE Pass a Resolution of Intent—The community’s governing body must pass a Resolution of Intent outlining the value the community sees in engaging in the process. Check out an example.

• CONNECT Provide your RRC Community Planner the signed Resolution of Intent. Your RRC Community Planner will review training records and get the community formally engaged in RRC. When the engagement process has been completed the Community Planner will notify the community via email and provide some additional welcome materials which include next steps.

• COMMIT The MEDC legal team will send an RRC Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the community point of contact. The MOU should be signed by a municipal executive and sent back to the contact on the MEDC legal team.
• PATH SELECTION Once engaged, the community and RRC Community Planner will discuss which RRC level best fits the community's capacity, needs, and goals. Setting this goal early helps RRC provide more customized feedback. See the RRC Handbook for details on the two designations: Essentials and Certified.