DT #455 Walking the Economic Development Tightrope

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Walking the Economic Development Tightrope</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For many of us, there has been a fundamental shift in how we approach economic development.</span> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As the job market has tightened the challenge of bringing in a new project has increased exponentially. </span><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How do we continue to look for opportunities when our current employers can’t fill their staffing needs?</span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everyone loves the new announcement and golden shovel ceremonies</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How does that play with our existing companies?</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal">750,000 jobs are unfilled in the manufacturing sector</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www2.deloitte.com/mt/en/pages/about-deloitte/topics/deloitte-insights.html"> Deloitte Insights</a> predicts that 2.1 million manufacturing jobs will remain unfilled in the U.S. alone by 2030</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Worker shortage and a skills Gap</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>