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The Minnesota Association of Professional County Economic Developers (MAPCED) selected Aitkin County and Mississippi Headwaters Board’s (MHB) “Utilizing ‘Resourcetainment’ to Retain Workers and Encourage Economic Development” to receive the association’s

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Governor Mills Unveils Transformative Plan to Spur Economic Recovery & Achieve Long-Term Economic Growth May 4, 2021 Drawing on recommendations from the Governor’s Economic Recovery Committee & Maine’s 10-Year Economic Development Strategy, the Plan makes unprecedented investments to tackle unaddressed needs and solve longstanding challenges Governor Janet Mills today unveiled the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, her Administration’s proposal to invest more than $1 billion in discretionary Fe...

The Governor’s plan makes historic investments in unaddressed needs and longstanding challenges to achieve three goals: immediate economic recovery from the pandemic; long-term economic growth for Maine; and infrastructure revitalization. The plan accomplishes these goals by supporting Maine small businesses and heritage industries, encouraging new businesses and job creation through innovation and entrepreneurship, and investing in essential infrastructure – broadly defined as roads and br...

The Missouri Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at State Fair Community College is scheduled to host three webinar sessions to help private and public sector leaders in the Lake of the Ozarks Region to learn how they can recruit and retain workers within their businesses and communities. The sessions are scheduled to be held online 1-2 p.m. on Wednesdays, February 24 and March 3 and 10. A news release says session one- Using Data to Understand Workforce, will introduce attendees to Labor ...

Session one, Session two, Developing Strategies to Effectively Retain Your Workforce, explains the Workforce Matchmaking program and how to improve recruitment and retention efforts through an assessment of current workforce. Session three, Community Efforts to Attract and Retain Workers, focuses on how communities can take steps to strengthen worker retention and methods in which community leaders, employers and higher education can collaborate to strengthen local workforce. According to in...