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Current Projects include: - 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporation of Workforce Wayne along with development of a sustainability business plan, including seeking foundation support, grants, as well as website fees and community donations. Community Compact Agreement to capture community pledges, centering on both financial commitments and integrating Workforce Wayne goals into partners’ Programs of Work.
- Planning and development study led by Dr. Clyde Hornberger for a Career & Technical Center (CTC) for Pike/Wayne (two of three counties in the state not served by a facility of this type).
- Community outreach campaign (print, radio, events) underway regarding jobs and skills of the Twenty-first century. Held Dr. Daniel Perna Community Forum, April 22, 2009, at Wayne Highlands High School and Dr. Willard Daggett Community Forum, November 23, 2009. Website featrues searchable employer profile database to connect job seekers to employers in Wayne County. July-August 2009 "I am Workforce Wayne" radio spots here. Fall 2009 radio spot and public service announcements here. Select 2010 coverage includes: May 19, 2010 and May 20, 2010 (editorial)
- Pike/Wayne Business Education Partnership. Within this framework, all area K-12 schools planning for comprehensive career awareness and promotion activities, including use of the interactive, web-based Career Cruising, job shadowing/internship models, Career Pathways and Career Linking Academies. The partnership has also implemented MiniGrants for Teachers and Video Business Tours.
- Opportunities to expand training and higher education opportunities in the short term. Training areas of focus: life sciences, hospitality, Marcellus Shale, entrepreneurship, green/weatherization, and financial/management/leadership certificate and degree programming.
- Convener of key bi-county initiatives such as Lake Region Enterprise Center (supported by the January 2010 Silk Mill Incubator Program Feasibility Study) and the December 2009 Wayne/Pike Broadband Improvement Plan. Both studies were completed during the Wall Street West timeline and served to galvanize regional collaboration on these issues.
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