The Redwood Region Economic Development Commission (RREDC) was formed in 1977 after Humboldt County received mitigation funds related to the expansion of Redwood National Park and recognized the need for a coordinated economic development strategy. Early efforts focused on creating one of the county’s first public revolving loan funds, providing capital to local businesses that could not access traditional financing.
Over the years, RREDC has used loan interest to remain financially self-sustaining while expanding its role in the regional economy. In addition to business lending and technical assistance through the North Coast Small Business Development Center, RREDC has led and supported major regional initiatives, including past work on air service development and broadband expansion. Today, it continues to focus on business financing, collaboration, and long-term economic resilience across Humboldt County.
Community Economic Resilience Consortium (CERC)
The CERC is a group of business and economic support organizations from the government, business, and non-profit sectors that meet to share updates, coordinate resources, and ensure consistent communications to our community’s businesses and the public at large.
We do this via a once-per-week Zoom call that features special speakers and project updates. We’ve have been meeting since March 2020. We also maintain an archive of every presentation. You can access that archive here.
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