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Join us for a discussion on innovative strategies to build, attract, and retain talent in rural communities. This webinar brings together three experts who will provide actionable solutions for overcoming rural workforce challenges.

Featured Speakers:

• Lisa Miller, Director of Partnership and Engagement at Michigan’s Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
• Julianne Dunn, Senior Program Officer for Workforce and Financial Prosperity at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in Kansas City.
• Stephanie Norris, Associate Director of the Community College Initiative and Senior Research Analyst at the Richmond Fed.

Whether you’re a state economic development executive, policy director, program manager, or regional development specialist, this webinar will provide you with strategic frameworks and practical approaches to enhance your state’s rural workforce initiatives.

Watch the recorded session here.

Watch the recording here.

Join the SEDE Network in this webinar on housing supply and economic development. This webinar will equip economic development leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to address housing shortages in their regions, ultimately supporting economic growth and community prosperity. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with our speakers during a Q&A session following the presentations.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from industry experts and connect with peers facing similar challenges. Register now to secure your spot in this informative session on boosting housing supply and driving economic development!

Speakers:

Maurice Harris is the Research Manager for Transwestern’s Minneapolis office. Maurice provides in-depth analysis and insights on a range of real estate, demographic, and labor data to the firm’s brokers and clients. Maurice is also the national research lead for the Retail Services Team, producing a range of research products to provide insight on the retail industry for Transwestern.

Eric Lynch, CBE, is an economist in the survey research group for NAHB where he is responsible for conducting and assisting with surveys, including multifamily, remodeling, and other related housing topics. In addition, he provides data and information on housing topics related issues to NAHB members, staff, financial institutions, and other stakeholders. Prior to joining NAHB, he worked as a senior associate in the research and knowledge department at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), gaining industry knowledge on the built environment and residential market.

Join the SEDE Network for this webinar on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in economic development. This presentation from Jeff DeBellis and Maggie Smith from the North Carolina Department of Commerce and Erik Vasilauskas from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, will cover general trends and specific applications of AI in economic development.

Erik Vasilauskas is a Research Analyst at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Jeff DeBellis is the Director of Economic & Policy Analysis in the NC Department of Commerce’s Labor & Economic Analysis Division

Maggie Smith is a Research Analyst at the NC Department of Commerce

Webinar Materials

The recording of this webinar is available to watch here.

The slide deck from North Carolina Commerce is available here.

The slide deck from The W.E. Upjohn Institute is available here.

The results from the in-webinar poll are available here.

NSF will host a webinar to present the NSF Regional Innovation Engines initiative.  The NSF Engines program will provide up to $160 million to each Regional Engine for up to 10 years to support the development of diverse regional coalitions to engage in use-inspired research and development, translation of innovation to society, and workforce development — with the goal of growing and sustaining regional innovation ecosystems throughout the U.S. State and local governments, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, for-profit organizations are eligible to apply, meaning your organization may be able to apply as a lead and/or partner with an eligible applicant.

VIDEO: Learn more about the NSF Engines Funding Opportunity

OVERVIEW: NSF Engines Fact Sheet for State and Local Governments and Tribal Nations

You can access the recording here.

For more information on the NSF Engines program, its funding model, and the NSF process for selecting awards (“merit review”), view NSF Engines recordings on NSF’s YouTube channel or download the overview presentation slide deck.

What’s Next?

• Letters of Intent (LOI) are due on June 18, 2024. The one-page letter must be submitted in research.gov. Lead organizations must be registered in sam.gov. To lead an NSF Engines proposal, you need to submit a LOI but you can join an existing team as a core partner after the LOI deadline.  NSF will publish the LOI data.
• We encourage you to learn more about the program and its competitive process for making awards by reading the NSF Engines program solicitation.
• Review the NSF Engines Fact Sheet.
• Check out previous NSF awards that have been made to organizations in your state or region using the NSF Engine’s data visualization tool. 
• If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, please complete the Reviewer Interest Form. Members of teams submitting proposals are eligible to be reviewers and encouraged to volunteer.
• For anything else, email us at engines@nsf.gov.

Please join us for this webinar on overcoming project roadblocks for grantees of the EDA Statewide Planning Grants. Many states have faced significant challenges when implementing their statewide planning grants, this webinar features two presentations delving into navigating various roadblocks. Learn how to overcome challenges in this and future EDA projects!

Presenters:

Patricia Gentile, Atlantic County Economic Alliance Inc.

Stefan Herron, Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED)

 

The recording of this webinar is available here.

Check out New Jersey’s presentation here and Missouri’s presentation here.

You can access the recording here.

You can access the presentation slides here (forthcoming).