Grand Rapids Workforce Demand Analysis
W.K.Kellogg Foundation
Start Date: May 2015 — End Date: Oct 2015

CREC working in collaboration with the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis provided information and research that will inform the city’s workforce development efforts aimed at leveraging planned public investments in street reconstruction, parks renovations, and river restoration. Working in conjunction with the William K. Kellogg Foundation, this research allowed municipal leaders and community […]

Arizona Aerospace and Defense Industry Survey and Data Collection
Arizona Commerce Authority
Start Date: Oct 2015 — End Date: Sep 2015

C2ER managed a survey of more than 1,900 companies in Arizona to help the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) update its Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Industry Supply Chain Database. Information on 1,250 firms, collected by Oppenheim Research, under a subcontract with C2ER, will be incorporated into this publicly available database, accessible from the ACA’s website. C2ER […]

Business Incentives Policy & Practice Initiative
Pew Charitable Trusts
Start Date: Nov 2013 — End Date: Sep 2015

The Business Incentives Policy and Practice Initiative is a joint project of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. This 18-month program engages forward-thinking leaders at the state level to reform economic development incentive policies and practices. Teams of economic development policymakers and practitioners from six states will improve those states’ ability to collect and report results from incentive investments and, as a result, develop national standards and best practices that can become road maps for other states.

Development District Association of Appalachia Strategic Planning Retreat
Development District Association of Appalachia
Start Date: Jan 2015 — End Date: Aug 2015

The Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) strengthens the capacity of the region’s LDDs and member governments as local partners to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in its federal-state-local partnership.  DDAA is an important stakeholder in implementing ARC’s strategic plan.  CREC assisted in implementing a strategic planning process, including managing a Board retreat in August […]

Labor Market Information Training and Support for Workforce Staff
Arizona Commerce Authority
Start Date: May 2013 — End Date: Jun 2015

Working with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) Workforce Division, the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) assisted in the acquisition of a real time job openings database, delivered training and technical assistants to participating Workforce Investment Boards and other partners on labor market information and analysis, provided periodic industry and occupation customer reports, and provided staff training to ACA research staff.