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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:

• Data training
• Custom portfolios that aid regional competitiveness

Project Profile

Redesigning Federal Manufacturing Assistance Programs

National Institute of Standards & Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Start Date: Jan 2009 — End Date: Dec 2009

In collaboration with Michael Stone and Associates, the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness served as co-leader of a team examining ways that an increased federal investment in manufacturing assistance might leverage greater economic impact and more job creation activity. The project was designed to identify key priorities, service delivery options, and potential partners.

About the Client

National Institute of Standards & Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership

The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a program of regional centers that assist, smaller, U.S.-based manufacturing companies in identifying and adopting new technologies. MEP operates under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – a non-regulatory measuring standards laboratory housed within the U.S. Department of Commerce.