Project updates from the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness

Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board Releases "Workforce 2020" Plan

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

The Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board recently released "Workforce 2020: Cultivating Tomorrow's Workforce Today!"

Dean Frutiger Featured in Fox 5 News Story "Survey: 10 of the 15 Wealthiest Counties Are in DC Area"

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CREC's Dean Frutiger was recently featured in a Fox 5 news story about wealthy counties in the DC Metro Area.

CREC Seeks to Hire Research Assistant

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CREC is actively recruiting a new Research Assistant.

CREC Releases Manufacturing Job Openings Data for Massachusetts

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CREC, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, recently released an analysis of 2011 Massachusetts manufacturing job openings.

CREC Prepares to Kick Off Workforce Development Strategy Session in Eastern Tennessee

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole, Wen Sun, and Mark White will travel to Knoxville, TN to kick off PlanET's first economic and workforce development stakeholder meeting.

Ken Poole Presents at EDCO 55th Annual Conference

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole presented at EDCO's Annual Conference on CREC's recent economic planning training development effort, "Creating Regional Coopetition."

CREC Interviews El Paso Leaders to Assess Local Business Incentive Programs

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole and Mark White recently traveled to El Paso, TX to conduct interviews for CREC's analysis of regional economic development incentive programs.

CREC to Update Regional Cluster Analysis for North Carolina�s Eastern Region

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

CREC will build on past work in North Carolina’s Eastern Region by updating its cluster analysis and gathering new regional metrics.

Ken Poole Presents at Site Selectors Guild Conference in Orlando

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole recently delievered a keynote presentation at the Site Selectors Guild conference on benchmarking state and regional business climates.

CREC Staff Attends Cincinnati Innovation Engineering Training

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Dean Frutiger, Lauren Gilchrist, and Ron Kelly recently participated in a NIST-MEP Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute training course.

CREC Wraps Up Chatham-Kent Project

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole and Mark White recently traveled to Chatham-Kent, Ontario to finalize policy recommendations for a regional workforce development strategy.

CREC Releases Updated Economic Development Expenditures Data

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

CREC recently updated its State Economic Development Expenditures Database to include FY11 and available FY12 data.

Ken Poole and C2ER Incentives Database Featured in Recent AP Article

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Ken Poole talks about state business incentives for economic development in a recent Associated Press article.

C2ER Arizona Green Jobs Research Highlighted

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

C2ER's green jobs research was recently highlighted by the Phoenix Business Journal.

New Innovation Packages Launched in Europe

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Europe 2020 and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology recently made significant investments in research and innovation.

Guardian Datablog Hosts Competition to Visualize Economic Crisis Data

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

Calling all data visualization geeks: Guardian Datablog teams up with Information Is Beautiful for a visualization challenge.

Local Employment Dynamics Partnership Seeks Presentations & Poster Proposals for Workshop

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

The Local Employment Dynamics Partnership seeks workshop presentation proposals for its March 2012 conference in Washington, DC.

CREC Releases New Analysis of U.S. Manufacturing Sector Using Real-time LMI Data

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

CREC recently completed an analysis of the U.S. manufacturing sector for the first half of 2011 using real-time labor market information (LMI) data.

Ken Poole & Mark White Travel to Canada to Deliver Training for EDCO

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

CREC's Ken Poole and Mark White recently traveled to Canada to conduct "Creating Regional Coopetition: A Data-Driven Approach to Strategic Economic Planning" for the Economic Developers Council of Ontario.

Research Shows Significant Manufacturing Sector Skill Shortages

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

Recently released reports from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development show that manufacturers are experiencing moderate to severe shortages of available, qualified workers.

CREC's Work in Ontario Highlighted by Canadian Media

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

The Windsor Star recently highlighted CREC's work for the Economic Developers Council of Ontario.

CREC Helps Kick Off East Tennessee Regional Planning Effort

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

CREC CEO Ken Poole recently helped to kick off Plan East Tennessee (PlanET), the Knoxville Region's comprehensive planning process.

DOT & MEP Partner to Boost Domestic Manufacturing

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

The U.S. Department of Transportation will team up with NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership to connect American suppliers with opportunities created by the Obama Administration's investments in high-speed intercity passenger rail.

New Cluster Mapping Website Goes Live

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

The U.S. Economic Development Administration and Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness recently launched the beta version of their U.S. Cluster Mapping website.

CREC Leader Gave Speech at NY's First Regional Councils Conference

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

On September 27, 2011, CREC CEO, Dr. Kenneth Poole, gave a presentation at the New York State Regional Councils Conference in Albany, NY.

Census Bureau Enhances Quarterly Workforce Indicators with Race, Ethnicity, Education Tabulations

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST

The U.S. Census Bureau recently enhanced their QWI data to include new demographic classification variables, including race, ethnicity, and educational attainment. This data is derived from the Local Employment Dynamics partnership.

New York State Creates 10 Regional Councils to Decentralize Development Leadership

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST

New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced earlier this year the creation of ten regional economic development councils in an effort to move away from an Albany-centric approach to local development.

Transition to E-Learning Format Underway at CREC Headquarters

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST

September 13^th marked a milestone shift in how CREC partner, the Council for Community and Economic Development (C2ER), will deliver many of its future trainings.

CREC Readies Itself for Workforce Strategy Session in Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST

On Tuesday, September 20^th, CREC CEO, Dr. Kenneth Poole, and Vice President, Mark White, will head to Chatham-Kent, Ontario to lead the region’s first workforce planning session.

Sacramento Metro Chamber Launches Regional Effort to Create Jobs and Attract Capital

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST

Leaders in Sacramento, California, facing a 10.6 percent employment drop from 2005 through 2010, have come together to formulate the “Capital Region Prosperity Plan” to take the region to the “Next Economy.”