Helping Communities Shine

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

What We Do

Project Catalogue

Destination Erie Regional Planning Initiative
The County of Erie, Pennsylvania
Start Date: Jul 2012 — End Date: Jan 2015

CREC, and partners, worked with the Task Force leaders of "Destination Erie" initiative to build early momentum for implementing their comprehensive regional development plan.

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, […]

Hampton Road’s Economic Underpinnings
Regionerate, LLC
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

CREC assisted Regionerate in developing solid evidence and understanding about the economic underpinnings of the Hampton Roads, VA metropolitan area to further their work with NASA Langley in the region. To gain more in-depth understanding of the core economy and key opportunities in Hampton Roads, CREC developed supply chain diagrams for several of the region’s […]

Labor Market Information for Front-Line Staff
District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) contracted with the LMI Institute to develop a customized labor market information (LMI) training course for front line-staff in its American Job Centers. The training was designed to enhance front-line staffs’ understanding of LMI; show participants where and how to access LMI; and demonstrate how LMI […]

Jobs1stPA Summit
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Start Date: Jan 2014 — End Date: Dec 2014

C2ER and the LMI Institute collaborated with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to organize the Jobs1stPA Summit, bringing together Commonwealth leaders and citizens to: highlight progress in aligning workers’ skills with job demands, identify existing obstacles to adapting education and training systems to the marketplace, and find creative solutions that build momentum and […]