A job fair hosted by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney on June 25, 2012 drew more than 2,600 job seekers who came to meet with 100 employers at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. Combined, the employers were hiring for more than 1,700 open positions.
A job fair hosted by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney connected 600 job seekers with more than 50 employers at Delaware State University in Dover on April 23, 2012. This was the fourth job fair organized by the Congressional delegation in the past year, and the first of three planned for the spring of 2012.
In January 2012, Senator Chris Coons hosted a series of “Main Street” meetings with small business owners and community leaders to listen to their concerns about the economy and to get their thoughts on growing businesses and creating jobs.
In January 2012, Senator Coons visited Amtrak’s Wilmington Shop where he received a tour of the facility and met with Amtrak employees. The Wilmington Shop is where much of the heavy maintenance work is done for locomotives and to lesser extent passenger cars. In addition to the Wilmington Shop - Delaware is home to the High Speed Rail Training facility, the Combined National Operations Center, and a Shop in Bear.
On January 6, 2012, Senator Chris Coons met with the CoIN Loft, a group of young Delaware entrepreneurs who come from various backgrounds, and work in the same Wilmington facility in order to collaborate and build their businesses together. During the meeting, Senator Coons discussed his work in Congress to help small, start-up companies prosper, and create jobs.
On January 3, 2011, Delaware Senators Chris Coons and Tom Carper toured the newly expanded Coastal Brewing Company in Dover. The Coastal Brewing Company was formed in 2007 and is the second largest brewery in the state. The tour was led by President and CEO of the Brewing Company, Jim Lutz.
On October 25, 2011, Senator Coons visited NRG Energy’s Dagsboro facility. NRG is a leading green energy producer in the United States investing in clean energy projects, include: onshore and offshore wind power, solar-thermal, photo voltaic, and distributed solar power facilities, and re-powering of some of their traditional coal plants with biomass.
On September 13, 2011, Senator Chris Coons joined a bipartisan group of Senators to participate in a press conference to announce the Senate Oceans Caucus, which took place in U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC. The Oceans Caucus will work to increase awareness and find common ground in responding to issues facing the oceans and coasts, which support millions of jobs, generate energy, bring in tourism, and host recreation. Delawareans, did you know our beach tourism contributes over $665,000,000 to the state's economy each year?
On September 12, 2011, Senator Coons toured the Fisker Automotive Dealership expressing his interest in Fisker’s Delaware production operation and the positive impact it will have on Delaware’s economy and the environment. During the visit, Chris test drove Fisker’s new plug-in hybrid luxury vehicle, the Karma.
Senator Coons visited the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton on August 8
On May 31, 2011, more than 1,100 people looking for work came to a job fair hosted by the Delaware Congressional delegation at Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover. There were 80 employers and academic institutions on hand for the fair.
Senator Chris Coons spoke at an event at the Dover Federal Credit Union’s main office to congratulate them on becoming a Small Business Administration Lender. Dover Federal Credit Union is the third Delaware credit union to be approved to finance SBA-guaranteed loans, which provide entrepreneurs with additional opportunities for accessing capital in order to open and expand their small businesses.
Senator Chris Coons toured Miller Metals Fabrication, Inc., a successful manufacturing facility in Bridgeville. Marty Miller, the company’s president led the tour.
On April 11, 2011, more than 2,200 people looking for work came to a job fair hosted by Senator Chris Coons at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, eager to meet with the 80 employers and academic institutions on hand for the fair.