Economic & Workforce Development

The Economic & Workforce Task Force is focusing on how to combine the region’s natural assets, talent base, and economic opportunities to encourage a long-term, sustainable job market that supports the quality of life for the region.

A structure this task force is following includes:

Establish a regional vision for E/WD
Identify and prioritize issues and concerns affecting regional E/WD
Identify and prioritize short- and long-term goals of regional E/WD
Recommend the Task Force’s proposed vision and actions to the ORT Advisory Board for inclusion in an ORT Vision and Action Plan.

Key issues and findings include the following:

Watershed issues
Key features and assets
Quality of life
Global context
World class talent
Brand awareness
Brain drain
Infrastructure capacity
Development/growth patterns
Critical issues
Unique opportunities

Previous meetings:

May 1, 2009
September 22, 2009

Next meeting: