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Whether researching and implementing ways to shape a community's economic development plan or partnering to create ways to put people to work, CREC connects researchers and policymakers with:

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Project Profile

Board Strategy Retreat

Partners for Performance – Erie PA
Start Date: Apr 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness partnered with Workforce Systems Associates to engage a group of 45 to 50 participants in a two-day strategic planning retreat in Erie, PA on May 1-2, 2015. The planning retreat engaged board members for Partners Performance, the workforce investment board (WIB) of northwest Pennsylvania. The board consists of employers, elected officials, economic developers, educators and members of the community comprising six counties in Northwest Pennsylvania: Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Venango and Warren counties. Primary goals of the strategy retreat included: assessing regional gaps related to workplace preparedness, incumbent worker training and vocational training programs; identifying opportunities to increase innovation, collaboration and effectiveness; integrating other regional initiatives; incorporating national best practices; and enhancing buy-in from critical regional partners.

About the Client

Partners for Performance – Erie PA

Partners for Performance (PFP) is a non-profit agency established in March 2014 after the reorganization of The Regional Center for Workforce Excellence (RCWE) established in 2000. PFP is the program oversight agency of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program and other federally funded workforce development initiatives in Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Venango, and Warren Counties. […]