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US Census Bureau News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2005

   
   
   
Stephen Buckner CB05-CR.16
Public Information Office  
(301) 763-3691/457-3670 (fax)  
(301) 457-1037 (TDD)  
e-mail: <pio@census.gov>  
   

**CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

 
Briefing on Using Census Data to Spur State and Local Economic Development
Census Director to Participate in Community and Media Briefing at West Virginia University
   
What: The U.S. Census Bureau and West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics Bureau of Business Economic Research will hold a community and media briefing on the innovative use of census data to drive economic development at the state and local levels. Presenters will explain how West Virginia used census statistics to address a statewide shortage of nurses, and also highlight how Marshall County officials – following a regional labor market study – are using statistics to spur economic development.
   
When: Thursday, July 14; 10 a.m. EDT
   
Who: Louis Kincannon, director, U.S. Census Bureau
Bill Loope, executive director, Workforce Investment Board (Area 1), State of West    Virginia
Dr. George Hammond, director, West Virginia Economic Outlook Project, College of    Business and Economics Bureau of Business Economic Research, West Virginia    University
Josh Jefferson, Marshall and Wetzel Counties Project Coordinator, Regional Economic    Development Partnership (RED)
   
Where: West Virginia University Mountainlair
2nd Floor, Rhododendron Room
Morgantown, W. Va.

 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Public Information Office |  Last Revised: August 09, 2007