About

The Sonoma-Mendocino Economic Development District (EDD) unites the counties of Mendocino and Sonoma in creating the first joint economic development strategy for the two-county region. The multi-year strategy developed in collaboration with numerous local partners, aims to uncover untapped economic potential in the region and to secure a robust and stable regional economy for many years to come.

The Sonoma-Mendocino Economic Development District (SMEDD) is a two-county partnership, created through a joint power's agreement in 2015, to engage in regional economic development planning. County leaders recognized an important opportunity to coordinate and pool resources in areas where joint planning can accomplish more for the region’s development than either county’s independent efforts. The District is responsible for overseeing completion, monitoring implementation progress, and supporting on-going planning refinement of the Sonoma-Mendocino Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).

2022 Update - Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

Joint Powers Agreement between Counties and Sonoma and Mendocino

Website Accessibility Policy

Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (707) 216-1725

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (707) 216-1725.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.