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

Making Youth Employment Work
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF)
Start Date: Oct 2015 — End Date: Dec 2016

CREC offered quantitative analysis and targeted technical assistance expertise in support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation in its Youth Employment Network pilot initiative. The initiative seeks to support two state and three local chambers in planning and pilot-testing effective youth employment programs by building a network of organizations dedicated to developing asset maps, […]

Analysis of Impacts of Changes in Defense Industry Spending on Fort Bragg, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Basin Development Corporation
Start Date: Apr 2016 — End Date: Dec 2016

CREC updated a 2011 defense cluster assessment for the Pacific Basin Development Council. The purpose of this update is to identify potential opportunities for economic diversification from defense-related activities in the Pacific Basin. The report uses the region surrounding Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina as a benchmark to understand potential areas of opportunity.

Data-Driven Labor Market Intelligence Training, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
National Association of Workforce Boards
Start Date: Jan 2012 — End Date: Dec 2016

CREC designed and delivered Labor Market Intelligence (LMI) training to members of the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB). The training titled, Labor Market Intelligence: Using Analytics to Focus your Investments, emphasized the importance of building workforce development systems on a knowledge base of local industry intelligence.  Labor market information includes all quantitative or qualitative […]

Certifications and Licenses in the California Workforce
Chaffey College
Start Date: Jun 2016 — End Date: Dec 2016

CREC undertook this initiative to determine the prevalence of certifications and licenses in the California workforce.  Using Current Population Survey micro-data, CREC developed tables for California’s working age population with either certifications or licenses. CREC analyzed the data to explore generating appropriate statistics for the state and larger metro areas, resulting in a memo on […]

Momentum West Talent Strategy
Momentum West
Start Date: May 2016 — End Date: Nov 2016

CREC, in partnership with the University of Northern Iowa’s Institute for Decision Making (IDM), assisted Momentum West with developing a Talent Retention and Attraction Action Plan comprised of an analysis of the region’s existing talent supply (Workforce Analysis), an assessment of its capacity to develop or attract workers (Asset Analysis), and an implementation plan for […]