Project Updates (Page 17)

CREC will work with the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center to analyze the NC manufacturing sector.

Ron Kelly & Ken Poole recently traveled to Erie, Pennsylvania to share initial findings of their research on regional assets and conduct business and economic development stakeholder meetings for Destination Erie.

CREC is conducting a survey of 1,600 economic development programs nationwide to assess best practices in program evaluation.

Ron Kelly and William Cook are currently training all of Arizona’s workforce investment boards on the uses of real-time labor market information for workforce development.

Ken Poole will travel to Knoxville, Tennessee this week to present PlanET to Entrepreneurs of Knoxville.

CREC will host the Council for Community & Economic Research 52nd Annual Conference and LMI Training Institute Annual Forum in Oklahoma City, OK next week.

CREC is collaborating with Wallace Roberts Todd to develop an economic and workforce strategy for Erie, Pennsylvania.

Mark White and Lauren Gilchrist recently traveled to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama to conduct training for the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations’ Labor Market Information Division.

Ken Poole, Wen Sun, and Mark White recently traveled to Orlando, FL to attend the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s annual conference, Manufacturing Innovation 2012.

Ron Kelly and Ken Poole recently attended a meeting of the Workforce Information Council to discuss the forthcoming CREC report on LMI customers and their needs.