Workforce Innovation (WIRED) grants Wednesday, February 01, 2006 The Department of Labor has announced its Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grants, a total of $195 million in 13 regional economies Read more. The money will go to: Coastal Maine (11 counties, including Augusta and Brunswick) Read more Northeast Pennsylvania (nine counties, including Scranton, Allentown and Reading) Read more Upstate New York (nine counties, including Rochester and Finger Lakes region) Read more Piedmont Triad North Carolina (12 counties, including Greensboro and Winston-Salem) Read more Central Michigan (13 counties, including Lansing, Flint and Saginaw) Read more Western Michigan (seven counties, including Grand Rapids) Read more Florida Panhandle (16 counties, including Tallahassee and Pensacola) Read more Western Alabama & Eastern Mississippi (17 counties in Alabama, including Tuscaloosa and Selma and 19 counties in Mississippi, including Meridian and Starkville) Read more North Central Indiana (14 counties, including Lafayette) Read more Greater Kansas City (10 counties in Missouri and eight counties in Kansas, including Topeka) Read more Denver Metro Region (eight counties, including Denver, Boulder and Ft. Collins) Read more Central & Eastern Montana (32 counties covering mostly rural areas) Read more California Coast (13 counties, including Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego) Read more The Council on Competitiveness will assist the Labor Department in administering these grants. Read more. posted by Ed Morrison |		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. links Some Background on EDPro Weblog The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it. One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information. So, spread the word...Share the knowledge. Tell a friend about EDPro Weblog. If you are using a news reader, here is the link to syndicate this site: Here's the link if you are a bloglines subscriber: Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking. Background on Ed Morrison Download some background information on me here.

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