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Field Notes: ‘Dallas Thrives’ Initiative Advocates for Greater Living-Wage Attainment
Field Notes is a series of TIP Strategies interviews with leaders across the country exploring pressing economic, workforce, and community development issues. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only one in four young adults in Dallas earned a living wage. Unfortunately,...
Larimer County Acquires 1,000 Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Using TIP’s Occupational Risk Tool
As the global pandemic continues to affect communities around the world, recent access to the COVID-19 vaccine has provided a much-needed glimmer of hope for a return to normalcy. While the vaccine rollout overall has had its ups and downs, some communities have had...
Taking the Long View: Workforce Development in K-12 Education
When economic developers think about the intersection of workforce development and education, their focus is usually on post-secondary training and higher education. Recently, however, some communities are making an effort to prepare students for the modern workforce...
2019 IEDC Leadership Summit: Thoughts and Context
This January, the International Economic Development Council held their 2019 Leadership Summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event, aimed at the most senior members of the profession, sets out a broad economic development agenda for the coming year. In this article, Jon Roberts highlights the issues likely to concern economic development organizations throughout 2019.
Feature: Geography of Jobs
