Helping Communities Shine

Whether researching and implementing ways to shape a community's economic development plan or partnering to create ways to put people to work, CREC connects researchers and policymakers with:

     • Data training
     • Custom portfolios that aid regional competitiveness

What We Do

Project Catalogue

Developing Web Based Labor Market and Work Skills Information Tools
Multi-State Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (M-SAMC)
Start Date: Apr 2014 — End Date: Sep 2019

CREC is helping Henry Ford Community College and its partner colleges to develop a web-based platform and related training to evaluate the economic relevance and value of specific manufacturing work skills. Henry Ford Community College, based in Dearborn, Michigan, is the lead institution of a 13-member consortium of community colleges — the Multi-State Advanced Manufacturing […]

Baltimore Maryland Philanthropies
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Start Date: Jun 2019 — End Date: Jul 2019

CREC is providing guidance to the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative on strategies for designing and implementing a proposed integrated data system.  BWFC received a grant to support the technical development of a shared data system, and CREC is helping with exploring stakeholder goals and objectives through the system to develop a scope of work to […]

SOLID Project
Solutions for Information Design
Start Date: Jun 2019 — End Date: Jun 2019

CREC is providing support for Solutions for Information Design LLC with the development of a report that highlights trends in veterans’ attainment of certifications and licenses and associated earnings, with an emphasis on post 9/11 veterans. Utilizing a new data set derived from the 2016 – 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS), CREC is reviewing the […]

APEX – Workforce Skills Assessment and Plan
APEX
Start Date: Aug 2018 — End Date: Apr 2019

The CREC/IDM Project Team will complete a six-step process that results in the development of a Workforce Assessment Report and Workforce Strategies applicable to both the urban core and rural areas of the 10-county region. The process will encompass a dual focus to address challenges associated with the region’s (1) general talent availability and (2) […]

Talent Forecast Workforce Skills Assessment and Plan 2018-2019
APEX
Start Date: Aug 2018 — End Date: Apr 2019

CREC and the Institute for Decision Making are implementing a six-step process to assess the workforce and provide a strategic plan for enhancing the talent available in a 10-county region of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. The process focuses on addressing challenges associated with the region’s (1) general talent availability and (2) targeted skills gaps. […]