CREC News

• CREC/C2ER is continuing to work with the Georgia Governor's Office of Workforce Development on its Work Ready Regions initiative. This initiative, now in its third year, supports industry-focused workforce development in regions across the state of Georgia. CREC helps provide data compilation and analysis, strategic planning assistance, and business survey development and analysis for this project.
  
  
• CREC is working on the final phase of a three-phase project for the Sarnia Lambton Workforce Development Board. The first two phases of the project involved working collaboratively with the Centre for Spatial Economics (C4SE) to analyze Sarnia Lambton's current and projected labor market supply and demand by combining labor market data with local company interviews and surveys. The third phase of the project builds on the first two phases by working with community leaders to identify key issues that emerged from the first two phases and develop strategic plans to address these issues. The project will culminate with a rollout workshop in April 2010.
  
  
• Working with demographer Jeff Tayman,at the University of California, San Diego,CREC is developing a population projection model for the State of Arizona. CREC is researching population projection models used in other states to determine the advantages and disadvantages of these different approaches. Based on this information, CREC will then utilize or develop a projections model and related software that best meets the needs of Arizona.
  
  
• CREC is working with the Institute for Decision Making (IDM) at the University of Northern Iowa to update the Texoma Region's workforce and economic growth strategic plan. Based on a data analysis and working group sessions with key stakeholders and companies, the strategic plan will identify opportunities to develop emerging and potential clusters in the region and upskill the region's workforce for in-demand occupations.
  
  
• CREC, in collaboration with the Centre for Spatial Economics (C4SE), worked on the second phase of a three-phase project for the Sarnia Lambton Workforce Development Board. The first phase of the project involved preparing an analysis of Sarnia Lambton's current and projected labor market supply and demand. For the second phase of the project, CREC and C4SE surveyed and interviewed employers in the region to further understand the region's labor force needs.
  
  
  
  
  
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