The US Conference of Mayors has chosen the Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps to receive a $550,000 grant to support and expand training for green jobs. The Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps is operated by the Student Conservation Association, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and Johnson Controls. Since 2006, over 150 urban high school students have completed [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed his jobs bill into law today, at an event at St. Louis Community College. The bill increases the annual cap on tax credits for businesses under the Quality Jobs Program, from $60 million to $80 million; raises the annual cap on tax credits through the Missouri Business Use Incentives for Large-Scale [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 22, 2009
The Golden LEAF Foundation, the North Carolina foundation turning cigarette industry money into jobs, said Friday it has $3.5 million for non-profits that develop short-term programs giving workers new skills. Foundation president Dan Gerlach said there are jobs in sheet metal fabrication and weatherization. The need for worker retraining has meant 15,000 new students flooding into community [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
The Therma-Tru door manufacturing plant in Butler, Indiana will add 150 jobs with $5 million in investments. The residential steel and fiberglass door manufacturer is closing two other plants, in Oklahoma and Virginia. Maumee, Ohio-based Therma-Tru will get tax incentives as part of the deal, up to $1 million in performance based tax credits and up to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 28, 2009
Over the next year and a half, 200 new jobs will be added to the BAE Systems facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. BAE Systems announced yesterday it will eliminate 500 of its positions in Texas. Two hundred of those positions will be transferred to Fort Wayne. BAE manufactures electronic parts for commercial and defense aircraft. The Fort [...]
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Friday, June 12, 2009
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