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Product Name
Knowledge Clearinghouse
Project Description
The goal of the Knowledge Clearinghouse project was to create a centralized, readily accessible web portal connecting key economic and workforce development stakeholders, companies and cluster organizations with economic and demographic data, regional asset inventories and company directories.
Outcome from Using the Product
- Identify the benefit(s) users will derive from replicating the product.
- The project goal was to enable regional companies, and the economic and workforce development partners that support them, to more effectively access data, locate needed resources and identify market targets and collaboration partners. By better connecting companies with regional assets, the intent was to make them better able to make business decisions and compete in the global marketplace.
Updated 1.10
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“The numbers have shown that we have reached the audience that we set out to reach. There is always more that can be done. But we have tracked and monitored the programs and we’re seeing in the numbers that we’re affecting regional workforce and talent development and economic development.” David Zorn, Managing Director
Strategic Outcomes
To be supported by Finger Lakes Wired initiatives
- Increase job growth relative to national average
- Increase average wages relative to national average
- Increase retention of 20-34 age workers
- Adoption of a regional identity resulting in collaborative networking and communication in support of regional economic strategies
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