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How Are Economic Developers Partnering to Solve Workforce Challenges?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

To attract, retain and expand businesses in today’s tight labor market, economic development organizations (EDOs) are becoming more involved than ever in partnerships to help meet employers’ talent pipeline and training needs. Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation in Pa.; What do those partnerships look like?

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission.

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Silicon Valley layoffs as a hiring opportunity for IT developers/city economic development elsewhere

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In that way, Philadelphia is different from Silicon Valley, where many technologists are doing research and development and other speculative work, Wink said, which might get de-emphasized in a recession. The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia is working on a campaign to attract and retain tech talent in the city.

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Balancing Tourism and Local Communities

Park Leaders

On this episode of the Park Leaders Show, Lori Modde, Founder & Managing Director of Lorick Management, joins the show discuss balancing tourism and local communities. As a community and economic development expert with over 25 years of experience, Lori has long been an advocate for national parks in Australia.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Often, city arts functions are part of the "economic development" cluster of city agencies. For example, Arts Councils probably need to add some economic development planners. You could call the Smithsonian Museums on the National Mall in DC an example except it's not managed that way.

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Climate Action: Backed by Budget

Barrett & Greene

This allowed its Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with the Sustainability and Resilience division of City Planning, to provide then Mayor William Peduto unprecedented insight into the city’s budget and its climate impacts.

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How to Tell What’s on the New Governors Minds

Barrett & Greene

But we’ve found they’re one of the best ways to scope out both management and policy priorities before any new legislation winds its way through legislatures. [Photo: Oregon Governor Tina Kotek] Generally, gubernatorial executive orders get scanty press attention. The median number is 2.5, In line with her focus on homelessness, Gov.

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