CREC News

• CREC/C2ER will assist Arizona's State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) Business Committee, Departments of Economic Security and Commerce in working with the business community to help define the business needs in the two targeted industry sectors (energy efficiency and renewable energy generation). C2ER will gather key data used in recruiting companies to participate in the SESP grant as well as provide support in engaging key private and public partners needed to respond to company needs.
  
  
• CREC/C2ER, working in collaboration with a team of subcontractors and consultants, is coordinating a series of research studies, data collection efforts, and data dissemination initiatives designed to improve Arizona's understanding of its "green economy." This 18-month project will provide the state's policy makers with a more thorough understanding of the industries and occupations that likely serve as the foundation for emerging green jobs.
  
  
• CREC/LMI Training Institute is working with Iowa Workforce Development to provide a customized training session for LMI staff on issues related to green jobs. The two day training, "Getting a Grip on Green" will initially be delivered to Iowa staff in August, and then subsequently made available to other state agencies.
  
  
• In collaboration with the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA), CREC is proud to announce the launch of the new C2ER-CDFA State Business Finance & Incentives Resource Center. This innovative resource center available online at www.stateincentives.org allows C2ER and CDFA members to research business incentives and development finance programs across the country.
  
  
• Working with EntreWorks Consulting, CREC is producing an assessment of the Southeastern Virginia Partnership for Regional Transformation's (SEVA-PORT) WIRED initiative. This assessment includes a benchmarking assessment of how the region performs on key measures of innovation capacity, talent development, and business performance, a review of success stories and lessons learned from the WIRED project, and a series of recommendations for how Opportunity Inc. and other lead partners can continue to support innovative workforce and economic development initiatives.
  
  
• Working with Brookings Institution, CREC is profiling the federal government's data programs. The study, which is being conducted for the Gates Foundation, discusses the types of labor market data currently provided by the federal government and seeks to identify gaps where additional data resources are needed.
  
  
• CREC/C2ER, working in collaboration with a team of subcontractors and consultants, is coordinating a series of research studies, data collection efforts, and data dissemination initiatives designed to improve the state’s understanding of its “green economy.” This 18-month project will provide the state’s policy makers with a more thorough understanding of the industries and occupations that likely serve as the foundation for emerging green jobs.
  
  
• Working with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, CREC is updating Nashville’s 2007 Labor Market Opportunities Study to reflect the economic changes since that time. Building on the previous report, this study will provide area leaders with the future outlook for those industries and occupations that have been mostly greatly affected by the recession. Furthermore, this updated study will provide insights into growth areas identified in emerging academic disciplines and occupational opportunities. Additionally, with recent declines in immigration nationally and in-migration regionally, the analysis will also provide insights as to how changing workforce supply will affect worker availability for mission critical occupations.
  
  
• CREC is assisting the Future Forward Workforce Alliance utilize available US DOL’s Regional Innovation Grant program funding to conduct strategic and implementation planning activities in support of a regional workforce strategy for the foothills and high country region of western North Carolina. The goal of this workforce plan is to transform the way the region’s economic and workforce development systems interact and help these organizations become more proactive in helping companies transition to new economic opportunities. Additionally, it will assist the region’s workforce partners become more focused in helping individuals identify alternative career opportunities.
  
  
• CREC/LMI is assisting in a project designed to re-tool the Projection Management Partnership's (PMP) capacity to provide state and local employment projections. CREC is assisting the project by providing external content review of new projection’s software help manual and reviewing the preparation of a handbook that provides analysts with guidance to use the software. Additionally, CREC is assisting in redesigning analyst training for the PMP by managing the effort to provide e-learning tools in support of the PMP’s projections activities. This 18-month project is providing the PMP with a foundation to ensure the redesign of the employment projections process is done in a way that ensures it’s accessible and used by participating states and territories.
  
  
  
  
  
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