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A Letter from an Employer: Earth Fare Hires over 100 Employees with the Help of Centralina
Over 100 individuals have been hired on at the new Earth Fare store in Cabarrus County which most could be attributed to the Centralina Workforce Business Services Team.
Check out what Jim Rudisill, Earth Fare's Associate Recruiter said about his experience working with the staff at Centralina Workforce Services
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Centralina WDB NEXTGEN Youth & Young Adult Services Transitions for Program Year 2017
At their June 13, 2017, the
Centralina Workforce Development Board (WDB) approved a new service provider for WIOA Youth and Young Adult services. Effective July 1, 2017, all youth and young adult services in the Centralina WDB region (Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties) will be conducted and carried out by ResCare Workforce Services for Program Year 2017
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The
NCWorks Career Centers in Cabarrus and Anson counties
have new faces leading both NCWorks teams.
Denisha Torrence-Nesbit,
former Business Services Consultant for Centralina Workforce Services is the new Center Leader for the NCWorks Career Center-Cabarrus.
Monica Gramling, has been named the new Center Leader for the NCWorks Career Center-Anson
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Cabarrus County Workforce Solutions Summit was a Huge Success
Employers have been struggling finding qualified candidates for job openings, as labor market tightens and employers have been needing people with specific skills. As a result, the Cabarrus Economic Development, Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce, and a host of other agencies hosted a
Workforce Solutions Summit on Thursday, July 13th
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Kannapolis City Hall...
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Former Centralina WDB Board Member Passes Away
Dr. Doug Eason, who served on the Centralina WDB Board from July 1993 to June 2002 and as the 22nd President of Mitchell Community College for more than two decades, is being remembered for his genuine character, impeccable guidance and all-around good spirit. ...
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Anson County Joins USDA Economic Development Uwharrie Region
Anson County has joined together with two others to form a small region focused on investigating economic development possibilities through the USDA. The USDA Rural Development Center and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service at N.C. State University has formed the Uwharrie Region, an area made up of Anson, Montgomery and Stanly countries...
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John Childress Named Development Director of Statesville Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce named Statesville native John Childress as the new director of Commercial and Retail Development. Childress replaces Tim Carr, who left the organization in June... Read the Story |
Pittsburgh-based Education Tech Firm is Moving Headquarters to Mooresville
Sales and marketing and other business functions will be in North Carolina, where TrueLearn expects to add another five employees by year-end... Read the Story |
Chamber President Ken Kindley Announces Retirement
For the first time in over three decades, the
Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce will be accepting applications in search of a new president.
Ken Kindley announced that he will be retiring from his position at the helm of the organization at the end of the year...
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Apprenticeship Will End with Employment for Three Students
Three Lincoln County Schools students made it into the Catawba Valley Community College Apprenticeship Program this year---Mark Ward, rising senior at West Lincoln High School, Frank Hatchett, who graduated this June from Lincolnton High School, and Dakota Cooper, who graduated from North Lincoln High School...
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Cabagnot to Lead Hometown Anti-Poverty Agency
Rocky Cabagnot left town after his 1992 graduation from Salisbury High to go to college, earn a law degree and work to improve communities. Now he is bringing that expertise home. Cabagnot, 42, is the new Executive Director of the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency, an anti-poverty nonprofit...
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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Awarded $560,000 from Golden Leaf Foundation for Advanced Manufacturing
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has been awarded a $560,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to develop a new mechatronics program and upgrade equipment for the welding program...
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CAFE Event Celebrates 10 Years
It has been 10 years since the inception of the Career Academy for Educators (CAFE) program in Stanly County, a program dedicated to the success of educators and local employers collaborating on education and social skills needed for the future workforce. David Hollars, Executive Director, Centralina Workforce Development Board, commented, "CAFE is the connecting force to expose educators to the workings of local businesses in Stanly County..."
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Monroe Economic Development Chief Named to Statewide Agency Board
Chris Plate, Executive Director of Monroe-Union County Economic Development, is a new member of the Board of Directors of the N.C.. Economic Development Association. He serves a three-year term on the board for agency, which is an organization of N.C. economic-development professionals and their supporters...
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Closing the Skills Gap: Creating Workforce-Development Programs that Work for Everyone
The land of opportunity-that is the promise of the United States. And one of the reasons the country has been able to deliver on that promise is that it has been able to develop the talent it needs to create wealth and to adapt to ever-changing economic realities...
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