Supplying the Demand for Training
by Fred D. Baldwin
Responses to the need for workforce training come from two perspectives—education and business—but supply and demand are the driving forces behind both.
Reskilling the Workplace
by Fred D. Baldwin
Ohio's Fund for Appalachian Industrial Retraining helps "level the playing field" by training workers in the specializaed skills needed by smal manufacturers in the state's Appalachian counties.
Going Global Pays Off
by Carl Hoffman
Intensive, hands-on help from the Alabama International Trade Center is giving the state's small and medium-sized companies the boost they need to enter the export market.
HandMade Communities
by Fred D. Baldwin
North Carolina's Rural Small Town Revitalization Project, sponsored by the civi group HandMade in America, is helping six communities rediscover themselves and plan for economic growth.
A Tale of Two Water Systems
by Carl Hoffman
Two small communities on the Virginia–West Virginia line have clean, safe drinking water, thanks to the cooperative efforts of planners from both states.
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