Sunday, February 8, 2009

Economic Recovery Strategy



An interview appeared on Channel 12 Newsmakers this morning where I discussed the County's Economic Recovery Strategy.

Several people have asked to read the plan in more detail. To read an overview and then link to the details, click here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

When will Washington get it? Relying soley on the private sector or soley the public sector will not impact our economy.
Balance - always look to balance - a blend between public and private. The government should take a look at what local communities are doing to creatively address these issues. They might learn something.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for re-posting. It's always brave to itemize your objectives. But it almost always assures accomplishment.

On the construction trades: I recently learned that there is no school training people to be heavy equipment operators in the area. (Unless I missed something)My brother works for a company, union, that is willing to promote him and then hire someone else in his postion, if he gets training to operate a backhoe, etc.
Couldn't find a single place offering the training.
If we are to get all this construction work, it might be a good idea to facilitate the training of people in this trade.

Just a thought. We need to identify "green" training too. I thought about changing my major to hoepfully be able to fill some of these abundance of "green" jobs coming - but, again, I can't find a title for this type of position, much less training.

Can't we mandate in all of these contracts minority hiring and minority training? Heck, if just a little of these funds is mandated for training a new employee in the field, we will expand the breadth of our skills

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