Mayor Harris jabs at tax incentives and pushes workforce development

Just days after Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris called workforce development a top priority, his administration announced new leadership to an agency that helps train local workers. Kyla Gutierrez Guyette, a longtime workforce professional throughout the .....»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked the city’s planning department to draft a proposal outlining how to implement a citywide special permit for hotel development, just a few months after a major hotel... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett aims to attract 3,000 new jobs to the central city within three years, and denounced other communities using public development incentives to help employers move away from those neighborhoods......»»

Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell was one of 10 in a group of local and regional civic, business and education leaders who talked Friday morning about some of the workforce development needs of the area's employers......»»

Cincinnati and Hamilton County should award a bid to put a concert venue at the Banks riverfront development to PromoWest Productions, Mayor John Cranley said in a letter to the Banks Joint Steering Committee one day before the panel will make its re.....»»

As North Carolina pushes to recruit two of the most prized economic development projects in the country, not all the focus is on economic investments and workforce needs......»»

The program, which launches in September, is designed for professional chefs and those interested in joining the food and hospitality workforce......»»

The project proposed more than 900,000 square feet of development on 8.5 vacant acres......»»

Business First is convening leaders from Dion’s, Yearout Energy, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and Denver Economic Development and Opportunity to discuss Denver's rapid growth and what Albuquerque can learn......»»

A potential landfill development in south Kansas City has a neighboring city's mayor saying it will pay to "saves generations of people in our community from the angst of living next to a landfill.".....»»

Applications for financial backing for workforce housing in rural communities are on the rise......»»

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has approved $5 million in additional tax credit incentives for Kwik Trip Inc.'s ongoing headquarters expansion in La Crosse, which is now expected to be a $378 million project creating 662 jobs......»»

The mayor also outlined a series of benchmarks that developers seeking incentives from the city must meet, including a willingness to consent to clawback provisions......»»

New York's cannabis industry could be worth $4.2 billion in the next six years and create anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 new jobs. And that workforce is going to need training......»»

Bill 1, the first introduced under Mayor Rick Blangiardi’.....»»

Jane Oates has focused heavily on workforce development for much of her career, so she’s well-versed in the ebbs and flows of the labor market. But Oates, president of Washington, D.C.-based WorkingNation, a nonprofit campaign devote.....»»

Valued at $10.8 million, the project aims to breathe new life into the vacant 20 S Elm St. building, turning it into a 39,000-square-foot hub for innovation, workforce development, manufacturing and startups......»»

André Marshall will draw from his life experience across innovation and workforce development to drive Mason to new heights, he says......»»

Metro's Industrial Development Board meets April 27 — the first of two checkpoints that Oracle's incentives must successfully pass through to become official and help solidify the company's proposed 8,500-job tech campus......»»

The Capital Region has more tech jobs available than there are people and the labor market is expected to tighten even more in coming months. Here are three Capital Region tech companies benefitting from internal workforce development programs......»»