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Creating & Sustaining Partnerships – the Sauk County Experience

Creating & Sustaining Partnerships – the Sauk County Experience. WBIA Conference November 4, 2005 Karna Hanna, CEcD, Executive Director Sauk County Development Corporation. US Department of Commerce “Strengthening America’s Communities”. Economic Development Administration (EDA)

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Creating & Sustaining Partnerships – the Sauk County Experience

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  1. Creating & Sustaining Partnerships – the Sauk County Experience WBIA Conference November 4, 2005 Karna Hanna, CEcD, Executive Director Sauk County Development Corporation

  2. US Department of Commerce“Strengthening America’s Communities” • Economic Development Administration (EDA) • International Economic Development Council (IEDC) • National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)

  3. Findings: • The New Reality: Regions • Innovation & Entrepreneurship are the drivers of wealth and prosperity • Development of workforce skills is a critical component of regional economic prosperity • Higher education plays an increasingly key role

  4. Guiding Principles: • Federal assistance should have a regional focus. • Workforce, community, & economic development strategies should be integrated. • Regions must be based upon economic spheres of interconnected communities – not on political boundaries.

  5. Political Boundary Constraints for Economic & Workforce Development • Artificial • Foster atmosphere of competition – not cooperation & collaboration • Government funding comes with strings attached

  6. Sauk County Development Corporation • Incorporation – 1976 • Response to Badger (BAAP) crisis • Benefits of REGIONAL collaboration • Staying the course • What did you do for me lately?

  7. Multiple Partners WDB SOUTH CENTRAL LOCAL & STATE GOVT. UW MATC K-12 SCDC SBDC WEN SAUK CO JOB CENTER WEDA ECONOMIC DEV CORPS CHAMBERS WDVCB PRIVATE SECTOR

  8. Career Enhancement Opportunities • Goal: To expand the pool of qualified job seekers for manufacturing & distribution companies in Sauk, Columbia, & Juneau Counties • Objective: Create a vehicle to attract, train, and pre-qualify candidates for manufacturing & distribution jobs

  9. CEO Partners • Nine manufacturing and distribution companies • Two technical colleges • Two high schools • One workforce development board • Three economic development corporations • One utility company

  10. CEO Accomplishments • Employer driven collaborative curriculum • New employee recruits to manufacturing/distribution sector • Greater exposure for manufacturing/ distribution sector • Collaborative business climate • Foundation for future collaboration

  11. Industry Partnership Project • Goal: To provide opportunities for dislocated & incumbent workers to climb the career ladder in manufacturing and healthcare companies • Objectives: Promote job quality & job access Make lifelong learning a reality Increase private-sector input & leadership

  12. IPP Partners • Department of Labor - $1.14 million grant • Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin • Jobs With a Future (COWS) • Two Technical Colleges including satellite campuses • Three Development Corporations • Six Job Centers • 102 Manufacturing & Health Care Companies

  13. IPP Accomplishments • Relevant training programs designed by collaborative teams of employers • Over 800 hours of free training valued at $295,000 delivered to over 800 workers • Additional opportunities to develop cost-effective collaborative training • Revised MATC curriculum • Foundation for future collaboration

  14. “GROW” Partnership Project Goals: • To extend geographic reach of JWF • To improve regional strategic planning • To support & enhance JWF’s capacity to address regions critical workforce needs

  15. “GROW” Partners • Department of Workforce Development - $120,500 grant • Two Workforce Development Boards • Jobs With a Future • 52+ employers • Representatives from area labor organizations, technical colleges, development corporations, chambers, non-profits, and government

  16. Common Themes • Geographic boundaries that change with each mission or project • Political Efficiencies • Labor Shed • Trade Area • Industrial Clusters • Multiple partners • Common goals • Enhanced benefit for all partners

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