RECENT WDGT NEWS

2.16.10 - Peoria, AZ

WDGT has been contracted with the City of Peoria, AZ to prepare an Economic Development Implementation Strategy. WDGT will also be working with Garnet Consulting and DANTH, Inc. on this important project. Components of the project will include a market assessment and feasibility analysis, a business climate assessment, a retail potential analysis, and an economic development strategy and implementation plan.

12.1.09 - Madison County, NY

Bill Fredrick was invited to participate in a conference hosted by the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board. Bill provided a statistical analysis and high-altitude locational review of Madison County's assets and liabilities during this two day conference.

10.5.09 - IEDC Annual Conference

Sharon Sewell, WDGT's Vice President of Workforce Development Services was a speaker at the the International Economic Development Council's 2009 Annual Conference. Her presentation and panel discussion was on "Surviving the Coming Workforce Crisis".

10.1.09 - 14th Annual Minnesota Development Conference

Bill Fredrick, President & CEO of WDGT recently gave a presentation "The Role of Workforce in Economic Development" at the 14th Annual Minnesota Development Conference held in Bloomington, MN. As part of the conference, Mr. Fredrick also participated as a general session panelist and covered topics such as industry trends, the role of data in economic development, and the interaction of workforce and economic development efforts.

9.1.09 - Capital Region Workforce Partnership

8.15.09 - Upper Cumberland Region, Tennessee

WDGT has been contracted by three counties, Overton, Putnam and White, in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee to prepare a detailed labor market study. Both a household and employer survey will be conducted.

6.30.09 - Southeast Iowa

WDGT recently completed a labor market study of southeast Iowa for the Great River Region Partnership. The study area encompassed the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Lee and Louisa.

2.1.09 - WDGT Article Published in Solutions

Sharon Sewell and Robyn Domber have co-authored an article in the January/February edition of Solutions. The article profiles the Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and how the area has successfully integrated economic and workforce development activities.

1.1.09 - Western Nevada

WDGT has been contracted by NV Energy and Nevadaworks to conduct a comprehensive labor market assessment of a 45-mile region surrounding Reno. WDGT will partnering with Younger Associates for this important study. For more information, please see an article discussing the project published in Northern Nevada Business Weekly

10.6.08 - WDGT Article Describes Benefits from Economic and Workforce Development Collaboration

An article co-authored by Sharon Sewell and Robyn Domber, profiling two trend-setting examples of collaborative economic and workforce development programs, has been published in the current issue of Solutions. Solutions, a joint resource e-journal for professionals in workforce, economic development, and education, is published by Workforce Marketing Associates (WMA).

RESOURCES

WDGT's Bibliography - A list of books on economic and workforce development, human resources, and general business and economic topics that we have found to be helpful and informative.

Presentations

Winning Toyota - View WDGT's presentation to participants at Expansion Management's Roundtable in the Desert on how the Tupelo, MS area won Toyota's eighth North American assembly plant won in large part by demonstrating its labor resources through an on-line workforce data delivery service.

The Retiring Baby Boomer Impact on Employers and the Workforce - See Bill Fredrick's presentation on the impact of retiring baby boomers at the IEDC 2007 Annual Conference, in partnership with George Robertson and Sharon Younger

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