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CECE Looks to the Future at Inaugural Advisory Board Meeting
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The Center for Economic and Community Engagement held its first advisory board meeting on Monday. The meeting was attended by CECE staff and members from the center’s advisory board, which is composed of university and community leaders from across the state. A full list of the advisory board members can be viewed here. The meeting…
GO Virginia Region 2 Holds Meetings in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Blacksburg to Grow Investment in the Region
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Virginia Tech’s Center for Economic and Community Engagement held regional meetings in Roanoke, Lynchburg, and the New River Valley to present their 2021 GO Virginia Region 2 Growth and Diversification Plan and receive feedback from leaders in the area. Staff began work on the plan in April 2021, reviewing regional data and updating GO Virginia…
Center for Economic and Community Engagement Holds Facilitation in GO Virginia Region 6 to Pinpoint Ways to Grow the Workforce
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In a series of discussions with stakeholders from a variety of organizations including business, education, workforce development, and local and state government, staff with the Center for Economic and Community Engagement aimed to identify workforce and talent-specific goals, objectives, and actions to incorporate into GO Virginia Region 6’s Growth and Diversification Plan. The facilitation was…
CECE’s Elli Travis Among Chamber’s 40 Under 40
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Elli Travis, economic development specialist at the Center for Economic and Community Engagement, recently received a 40 Under 40 award from the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. “We believe as a chamber of commerce, our business members should be celebrating the talent we have in our community,” the chamber said on its website. “As a…
GO Virginia Region 2 Collaborates on Growth and Diversification Plan to Guide Future Investment
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On August 18, leaders from across Region 2 gathered in Roanoke to discuss revisions to the 2021 GO Virginia Region 2 Growth and Diversification Plan. The meeting began with opening remarks and was followed by four concurrent workgroup sessions, focused on GO Virginia Region 2’s four investment strategy areas: Talent, Entrepreneurship, Cluster Scale Up, and…