Project Updates (Page 4)

Ken Poole, Martin Romitti, Mark White, Sarah Gutschow, Parry Carter joined by Ellen Harpel, and Ed Feser, concluded their report to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), recommending several changes to improve WEDC’s oversight of its economic development programs.

The Council for Community Economic Research (C2ER), Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, and Projections Managing Partnership (PMP) Board of Directors met at CREC headquarters in Arlington, Virginia to discuss recent accomplishments and ongoing activities, and to plan goals for the upcoming calendar year.

John Moratta and Lindsay Johnson traveled to Rochester, New York to conduct a site visit, in conjunction with NIST-MEP, in preparation for an outcomes report on the impacts of the Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (AMJIAC).

Martin Romitti served as a panelist for the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) webinar on data-driven performance: Transforming Data into Intelligence for Workforce Development Program Success.

Ron Kelly’s comments on community wealth-building were cited in The Democracy Collaborative’s latest report on community economic development entitled, Cities Building Community Wealth.

Ron Kelly attended the National Association of State Workforce Agencies Joint Committee Meeting: Employment and Training, Labor Market Information, and Technology Committees in San Antonio, Texas.

The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) published its third quarter Cost of Living Index (COLI) report for 2015 in late October.

Martin Romitti presented to a delegation from China’s National Bureau of Statistics visiting George Mason University in Fairfax City, Virginia.

Ken Poole and John Marotta attended the 2015 SSTI Annual Conference in Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma.

Martin Romitti, Haden Springer, and Lindsay Johnson, joined by Nick Beleickis of the Oregon Employment Department, delivered C2ER/LMI Institute sponsored “Applied Analyst” training in Chicago, Illinois.