A Regional Response to Local Needs
The Main Goals of ECIA are
- Maintaining accessibility to needed services for all citizens
- Dispensing information to policy makers at the state and local levels
- Supporting the maintenance of local control and decision making

- Empowering communities to improve the quality of life for citizens
- Distributing knowledge and creating awareness of regional opportunities
- Providing a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas amongst member governments
- Administering federal and state programs
- Providing administrative and staffing expertise to member governments
- Providing housing, employment, transportation and other services to people and entities
Testimonial
I have worked with many ECIA personnel throughout my 32 years with Delaware County Government and now this past year with the City of Manchester and the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce and I have always found the ECIA people to be very professional (in the best sense of the word), very helpful and very cooperative. I have worked on annexations, rental housing, housing fix-up projects, trails, maps, minimum assessment agreements, grant packages, and I don't know how many other projects with your people and
I have never been disappointed in ECIA.
I have found your staff to be friendly, knowledgeable, willing and able to help all communities move forward with all of our projects. My most recent experiences have just served to remind me of what a wonderful asset this area has in ECIA.
- Jack Klaus
Executive Director
Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce

