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Annual Report and Strategic Plan

BAHEP Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029

BAHEP’s Strategic Plan – 2025-2029 was developed by the 49-person Strategic Planning Steering Committee, chaired by Tim Kropp. The Strategic Plan builds on previous successes and optimizes future opportunities. The planning process involved BAHEP’s committees, staff, and numerous external partners and officials, totaling approximately 150 people.

Throughout the survey and interviewing process, four themes emerged:

  1. BAHEP is an essential senior management networking forum that is regional, cross-industry, and solutions-oriented
  2. BAHEP is able to build the necessary partnerships that result in business recruitment, expansion, retention and creation
  3. BAHEP is a trusted partner where issues that affect the entire region and beyond can be addressed.
  4. BAHEP has advocacy expertise that supports both members’ interests and broader community interests.

The Strategic Plan specifies BAHEP’s strategic priorities and actions as BAHEP continues to lead regional economic development initiatives, to advocate for regional interests, to serve as a trusted partner, and to expand to support state-wide economic development services. This represents a systematic, flexible and continuous process that both defines and affirms BAHEP's mission. The Plan charts a course for BAHEP’s future that supports the current business environment, considers the growth and direction of the business environment, builds organizational and member commitment, and allows for the flexibility to address strategies challenges that may lie ahead. Importantly, the Plan establishes clear strategic directions for BAHEP’s continued viability and impact.

BAHEP will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2026. This Plan carries BAHEP forward into its next half century of success.

Here are the five goals that constructed the BAHEP  2025-2029 Strategic Plan:

  • Goal 1: Promote and Grow the Region's Diversified Economy
  • Goal 2: Create Value for the Membership
  • Goal 3: Lead a Dynamic Regional Business Environment Through Partnerships
  • Goal 4: Advocate for Regional Prosperity and Quality of Life
  • Goal 5: Operate with Integrity, Efficiency, and Effectiveness

Annual Report

See below for BAHEP's 2025 Annual Report. To view the report as a pdf, please click here.