The Pipeline: Economic Development, Job Creation & Connection Efforts ─ Kevin Dick
Barker French introduced Kevin Dick, the Director of the City of Durham‟s Office of Economic and Workforce Development to speak about the Pipeline Economic Development, Job Creation, and Connection Efforts of his office.
Mr. Dick described what has been done, where we are now, and what is planned for the future. Included in the summary of activities were leveraging of $6M in public investment into $118M in private investment and creating over 350 jobs, putting $1.2 M in Stimulus funds into 300 jobs and 75 training opportunities, $1M in foundation funding for training and business development needs, grant programs for small and mid-sized businesses, cultural arts programs and a successful JobLink program that facilitated 2600 hires. Read more ...
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Click here to view the August 2 presentation by Ambassadorial Scholar Nancy Gallman.
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