BIGGER AMBITIONS Lessons From America Doug Heckman Bigger

BIGGER AMBITIONS: Lessons From America Doug Heckman

Bigger Ambitions: Lessons From America

Introductions Agenda Walla Community College: An Economic Development Focus Monroe Community College: Narrowing the Skills Gap Q&A

The Problems Outcome Goals • Stagnant job growth • Retain and create jobs • Weak industrial outlook • Improve wage and benefit Process levels • Attract and develop a talented workforce • Increase private and public sector investment • Improve infrastructure • Promote innovation and entrepreneurship • Promote applied research and technology transfer • Increase exports

Conventional Wisdom Economy creates jobs, then Higher Education develops talent Economic prosperity Workforce talent leads to jobs and higher productivity

Drivers of Economic Development TALENT • Increase Educational Attainment • Import Talent ______________ __ Labor Market Studies Cohort Tracking Skills Analysis Marketing 7

Drivers of Economic Development TALENT • Increase Educational Attainment • Import Talent ______________ __ Labor Market Studies Cohort Tracking Skills Analysis Marketing INVESTMENT • Public Investment • Private Investment ____________ ___Economic Impact Studies 8

Drivers of Economic Development TALENT INVESTMENT • Increase Educational • Public Investment Attainment • Private Investment • Import Talent ___________________________ ___Economic Impact Studies __ Labor Market Studies Cohort Tracking Skills Analysis Marketing INFRASTRUCTURE • Water • Information • Regulations • Energy • Tax Policy • Transportatio _____________ n ____ Cluster Studies Labor Market Studies 9

Wine/Food/Art 10

WWCC Center for Enology & Viticulture Center of Innovation for the Wine Industry 2006 Governor’s Workforce and Economic Development Best Practice Award 11

Wine Country Culinary Institute 12

Wine/Food/Art/Business Development 13

Port of Walla Wine Incubators

Clarkston Workforce and Business Development Center

Water & Environmental Center

“America’s economy today feels as sleepy as Walla’s two decades ago. Middle-class workers were slammed by the financial crisis, their jobs disappearing, wages stagnating, and future uncertain. To put them back to work, the nation would do well to consider Walla, which seems to have cracked the code on how to get mid-skill workers back into the labor force while revitalizing an economy. - National Journal, June 1, 2012

Machine Shops Industry Report

Program Specific Analysis Economic impact in closing Regional Skills Gaps

“The thing that I want to stress is that this is not a project; this a programmatic approach. We are getting results and we are going to be in a default leadership position for having the most knowledge around the local workforce with actual significant data. ” — Todd Oldham, Monroe Community College

Thank You Doug Heckman doug. heckman@economicmodeling. com 208 -874 -7361 Economic. Modeling. com