Client Profile
Upper Rio Grande Workforce Development Board
Workforce Solutions Borderplex, one of 28 workforce boards in Texas, is a nonprofit organization that provides employers with skilled workers and helps individuals develop the skills needed to thrive in the workplace. It as developed a gainfully employed workforce since 1998 in the following Texas counties:
- Brewster
- Culberson
- El Paso
- Hudspeth
- Jeff Davis
- Presidio
Its mission is to provide skilled workers for employers by advancing education, employment, entrepreneurship and economic development opportunities in support of global competitiveness and regional prosperity.
Website: http://www.urgjobs.com
Project Catalogue
Identifying Workforce and Economic Development Opportunities in the Upper Rio Grande Region
Start Date: Jan 2008 — End Date: Jan 2015 C2ER/CREC, in collaboration with Workforce Strategy Center, conducted a workforce needs assessment as the foundation for a regional workforce strategy for the Upper Rio Grande Region. The assessment focused on the workforce needs for key industries growing in the region, including the significant opportunities being created as a result of the planned expansion at Fort […]
El Paso Cluster Study
Start Date: Jan 2005 — End Date: Oct 2005 The Council for Community & Economic Research (C2ER) and the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) collaborated with the Institute for Planning and Economic Development at the University of Texas El Paso to identify critical industry clusters in a six-county region of Texas’ western panhandle. An element of the study involved facilitating working group sessions of key stakeholders […] |
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