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Greetings!
Fargo Moorhead MSA has an unemployment rate sitting at 3.3% (not seasonally adjusted) compared to the U.S. unemployment rate of 7.7%. To see the GFMEDC's latest economic indicators, please check out the following link.
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President's Report: Community must come together to answer workforce challenges
Workforce, workforce, workforce, we are approaching a type of critical mass in our region; it is a good challenge but if left unresolved it could be our communities Achille's Heel! The lack of certain highly trained manufacturing workers and the lack of highly educated and experienced technology and financial professionals is causing a drain on growth in our community.
The August ND Jobs Services numbers shows that Cass County has 22% of all the available job openings in ND. ND has 21,911 and Cass County has 4,862; couple this with Clay County's approximate 1,100 job openings and there are almost 6,000 open positions in the region.
As we move forward, it will be critical for the business and educational communities to work closely together to provide a pipeline of workforce that will ensure our region's continued success. The EDC has committed staff and resources and is working hard on establishing a collaborative coalition of community partners to focus on workforce development issues and establishing action points.
If we are going to be prepared to compete, on a global basis, the FM area needs to work together. We need to break down silos from the past and focus, as a single source, on providing the training and education business needs to succeed. |
GFMEDC coordinates speakers bureau, connecting education with local experts
Marketing, technology, healthcare, you name it, more than 50 area professionals are ready to speak on their expertise.
The GFMEDC has organized a speakers bureau specifically to connect local professional with K-12 and higher education institutions to speak to students. Our organization will facilitate the process connecting the right volunteer speaker to the school. |
GFMEDC's Smart Connections event connected job seekers and employers in casual environment
The GFMEDC held a casual meet & greet event open to technology/engineering companies and job seekers to include: IT software developers, programmers, electrical engineers, and civil engineers. Roughly 20 job seekers attended the event.
Thank you to Preventice, Moore Engineering, Appareo Systems, KLJ, Intelligent InSites and Noridian Healthcare Solutions for attending the event.
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GFMEDC partners with Chamber to host Topeka officials and business leaders
The GFMEDC is partnering with the Chamber to host an InterCity Benchmarking Exchange with Topeka business and city leaders the end of September.
The Topeka Chamber reached out to the Fargo Moorhead community as a focus of their yearly learning trip. Topeka leaders are quoted as referencing the region's high national rankings for business growth and quality of life as the reason for choosing our community.
The group will spend two days learning about the region's successes including public private partnerships, collaboration among education and industry and neighborhood revitalization. |
NDSCS ranks third on list of top 50 community colleges by Washington Monthly Magazine
NDSCS was recently ranked third on a list of the top 50 community colleges by Washington Monthly Magazine. According the report, criteria included active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge and first-year retention rate. Roughly 700 institutions were analyzed.
Williston State College was ranked 18, and Dakota College at Bottineau was ranked 27.
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Inc 5000 list includes Fargo companies
Congrats to Spectrum Aeromed, Pedigree Technologies, RealTruck.com, Discovery Benefits, Evolution1, Sundog and Horn Plastics that all made the 2013 Inc. 5000 list.
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U.S. Customs moves into new facility in Fargo
The U.S. Customs office in Fargo has moved into a new facility located on the North General Aviation Ramp adjacent to Fargo Jet Center.
"Relocating the Customs office to the North General Aviation Ramp improves the service experience for many of our international customers," says Fargo Jet Center Vice President of Marketing, Darren Hall. Prior to the move, foreign nationals had to clear customs at a facility more than a mile from our FBO location thus requiring all of our services to be provided remotely. The new U.S. Customs office is located less than 100 yards from our passenger terminal, which allows everything to happen in one location giving passengers and crews access to our facilities," adds Hall.
U.S. Customs is available 24/7 in Fargo, ND. The new 3,603 sq. ft. facility has been designed using U.S. Customs guidelines and will be equipped with the latest technology for expediting U.S. Customs clearances.
"We have worked together with our airport authority for more than a decade to promote Fargo as a preferred location for both clearing U.S. Customs and utilizing our FBO services. Our international business has grown significantly over that time," says Hall. |
GFMEDC staff member, Sammi Rowe, to participate in Chamber's FM Leadership class
Congratulations to our own GFMEDC staff member, Sammi Rowe, executive assistant, who will be participating in the Chamber's 2013-2014 FM leadership class.
Way to go, Sammi!
The Chamber's leadership program is centered on creating leaders through community training and leadership development.
The program is designed to expose emerging and existing community leaders to the issues that face the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo region while challenging and engaging participants to strengthen the community through service and leadership. |
GFMEDC's 2012 Annual Report
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In the News...
"What are the fastest-growing college towns?" Holly Chase, The Sparefoot Blog. The Fargo Metro ranks 19 on the list of fastast growing college towns.
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Do you have job openings? Post them on our new Careers page and help us market the Fargo Moorhead Metro as a great place to work and live!
Your jobs enhance our website and allow us to better market the region to potential residents.
Your investment includes the opportunity to post your jobs on our careers page. We ask that you limit the jobs to degree-required positions in the Fargo Moorhead Metro.
We appreciate your help!
Please contact Tifanie Gelinske, VP, Workforce Development with questions tgelinske@gfmedc.com or log on and post them at http://www.gfmedc.com/careers/jobs/ |
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Do you have news to share?
If you have news items you would like included in an upcoming newsletter, please send the ideas or articles to lgnelson@gfmedc.com. Thank you! |
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The mission of the GFMEDC is to grow and diversify the economy in Cass County, ND and Clay County, Minn. through the attraction, retention and expansion of primary-sector employers.
A primary-sector company is one that brings new wealth into the community through the sale of its goods and services outside the trade area. This new wealth circulates and supports all other sectors of the local economy, thus making the primary sector the principle driver of economic growth.
Thank you for your continued support of the Greater Fargo Moorhead EDC and economic development. We look forward to your feedback.
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