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Innovate 28 update: regional workforce gains but full goals remain years away, presenters say
Summary
Chamber and economic development leaders reported quarterly progress on Innovate 28, a public–private initiative funded at roughly $4 million a year, including workforce-concierge growth, talent-attraction rankings and development of a Center for Civic Engagement; commissioners pressed for clearer deliverables and budget guidance.
Leaders of the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber and the Economic Development Corporation presented the Cass County Commission with a quarter-3 progress report on Innovate 28, a multi-year public–private initiative designed to boost regional workforce, business development and public policy coordination.
Shannon Full, president of the chamber, and Joe Raso of the Economic Development Corporation said Innovate 28 is funded at just under $4 million per year and focuses on workforce, public policy, business development and economic impact. They reported several metrics and activities: the region’s Lightcast labor-market ranking put the metro around the 30th percentile for talent attraction after recent population growth; the initiative’s long-term goal is to increase the regional labor force by 12,000…
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