How NE Ohio communities are building small transit solutions to solve big issue of sprawl
Bethia Burke, president of The Fund for Our Economic Future, said one of the main priorities for her nonprofit is job access. In the long-term, that looks like more sustainable, concentrated growth instead of sprawl.
Stuck in Cleveland: riders struggle to use public transit to get to work
By Conor Morris Marvetta Rutherford’s bus won’t get her close enough to her temp job tonight. So after a five minute wait – the #15 bus
Cuyahoga County approves $34 million for broadband, lead, jobs program and more: Stimulus Watch
. The grant money was awarded to Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio, which would function as the fiscal agent of private-public partnership Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Group.
Replay: Webinar on Working-Age Adult Survey Data
On June 8, we hosted a public webinar showcasing the latest insights from our working-age adult survey and sharing what’s next for this work. Watch the replay and access slides from the presentation here.
Survey reveals reasons behind labor shortage in Portage area
…workers want employers to include salary information in their job listings, freelance and contract work is a growing part of the job landscape, that COVID-19 has had a big impact on people looking for work, there are mixed feelings about vaccine mandates in the workplace, and workers have a high interest in job training and education.
A new face of growth in Northeast Ohio and Akron
Northeast Ohio also has worked diligently to create a more integrated conceptualization of economic development and has gradually expanded the tool chest through organizations such as chambers of commerce and entities including the Fund for our Economic Future
The Changing Reality of Human Resource Management
Fund President Bethia Burke moderated a panel of human resources leaders who discussed the role’s evolution in the wake of recent workforce changes.
Fund seeks quotes for data dashboards for Where Are the Workers
The Fund for Our Economic Future invites data visualization and design firms or
consultants to submit a quote for a user-friendly, interactive dashboard by June 20, 2022.
GAR Foundation awards more than $2.25 million to local nonprofits
The Fund for Our Economic Future, which received a grant of $500,000 over three years, is designed to increase “economic growth and access to opportunity for the people of Northeast Ohio.”
We finally know what happened to all those Cleveland workers in the Great Resignation: Today in Ohio
And this was a survey of nearly 5,000 working adults across 11 counties in Northeast Ohio. And basically it shows that the great resignation is far from over.
