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Maine’s Forest Opportunity Roadmap to hold virtual summit
Apr 08, 2021
Augusta — Maine’s Forest Opportunity Roadmap, or FOR/Maine, announced today the upcoming release of its Workforce Development Strategy for the Forest Products Industry. The strategy will be released as part of a virtual summit Friday, April 9, “Forwarding the Future of Maine’s Forest Bioeconomy.” The summit is free to attend.
“This Workforce Development Strategy is a significant component of the plan to drive growth in the Forest Products Industry to reach $12 million in economic output by the year 2025,” said Steve Schley, chair of the FOR/Maine steering committee. “A well-equipped workforce is the only way we can achieve our goals for growing this sector. The summit on Friday will feature a lot of useful information to help the industry attain this goal, and the workforce development strategy is a highly anticipated part of the overall roadmap.”