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Workforce development programs are hot right now, and for good reason. Every community wants to develop its workforce not only for the health of the community, but as a selling point to potential companies and industries that are looking at North Carolina for potential sites or expansions.
But these types of programs can be difficult to create, and even more difficult to see through to success. As we spoke with three organizations and education institutions for this section, we noticed a common theme that greatly contributed to the overall success of their workforce development and career training programs: the focus on
the local community.
From partnering with local businesses and education centers to building homes for affordable housing for the area, each program pointed to cultivating community relationships as the key to the work they were doing.
And thanks to those community relationships, we are seeing those areas
of North Carolina thrive.
