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Cover Story: Workforce Training Is Job One

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. - Southeast Advanced Manufacturing AIDT Alabama Industrial Training Program BF-March/April-2015 Birmingham Bluegrass Economic Advancement Initiative Blueprint Mississippi DEED Department of Economic & Employment Development Greater Memphis Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce Huntsville KY FAME Labor Education Alignment Program (..)

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Indigo Ag Establishing North American HQ In Tennessee

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million and create approximately 700 jobs at its new Memphis headquarters over the next three years. The agricultural technology company will invest $6.6 Read: Indigo Ag Establishing North American HQ In Tennessee at BusinessFacilities.com.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Ports along the Mississippi River are in Osceola, West Memphis and McGehee. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population. Hunt and ABF Freight Systems. million square feet.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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On January 22, representatives from businesses, utilities, nonprofit, and city and county government attended a meeting of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission to get an update on the tornado recovery efforts. The EF-5 tornado destroyed or substantially damaged 531 employers in the city and put more than 5,200 jobs at risk.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Economic development partners, such as The Workforce Development Board of Oswego County, create opportunities to bring workers and employers together and collaborate with colleges and vocational schools to encourage the development of courses that enhance workers’ skills and meet the needs of employers. percent between 2008 and 2018.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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Major assets luring advanced manufacturers to Tennessee include initiatives to expand postsecondary attainment such as the Tennessee Promise and Drive to 55, which aim to increase the number of Tennesseans with a postsecondary degree to 55 percent by 2025 and ensure employers have a pipeline of skilled workers. To achieve that end, Gov.