Originally posted on The Pine Bluff Commercial
Economic development professionals from around the world were in Little Rock recently for a meeting sponsored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
IEDC’s Economic Future Forum, held Sunday through Tuesday, June 4-6, at the Statehouse Convention Center, was one of the first (if …
Twenty years ago, Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School professor, published a groundbreaking article entitled “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition.” In an increasingly globalized economy where goods and services could theoretically be produced anywhere, he wondered why industries clustered in specific locations.
The reasons he found were compelling:
Companies …
If you’re considering relocating or expanding an industrial operation, one of the first things you need to know is how your plant will be powered. And when you talk to us at Entergy, you’ll have four critical questions:
Do you have the capacity for my operations?
Do you have redundancy …
Originally posted on Louisiana Economic Development
WASHINGTON — Today, LED Secretary Don Pierson joined President Donald Trump and two-dozen other officials in a strategic Workforce of Tomorrow conference at the White House. Key topics of the event, which anchored the Trump administration’s Workforce Week, included eliminating the skills gap of …
Originally posted on The Vicksburg Post
Parents of Vicksburg Warren School District students will soon have the chance to participate in a workforce development course offered by the VWSD and based upon the Leader in Me curriculum and VWSD career academies.
Through a partnership with the Mississippi Department of Human Services …
Corrigan OSB, L.L.C., owned by Martco L.L.C. (trade name, RoyOMartin), will manufacture oriented strandboard, a versatile structural wood panel primarily used for roof and wall sheathing in residential and multi-family housing construction. The products manufactured in the new plant will be shipped throughout the U.S. and marketed under the licensed …
It’s always gratifying when something you believe about your community is confirmed by facts from respected outside sources. That’s how our economic development team at Entergy Mississippi felt about Brookings Institution’s 2016 “America’s Advanced Industries: New Trends” report.
We’re proud of the way Jackson’s local industry, educators and government are collaborating on …
Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed
The free community college programs picking up steam across the country generally allow students to study whatever they want. But a new free community college initiative in Arkansas is looking to push students into the areas where the state has work force needs. To some …
