LWIA Sector Partnership Update – February 2015
LWIA
Lane
Workforce
Partnership
Mid-Valley
(In Cite)
WICCO
(Clackamas
County)
Target Sectors for New or
Expanded Sector Partnerships
1st Pick: Technology/Software
Additional Sectors of Interest:
 Healthcare
 Manufacturing (Food/Bev;
Wood; Plastics)
 Financial Services
 Construction
 Sand/Gravel mining
Current Sector Activity
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1st Pick: Leaning toward Metals
Manufacturing or Ag&Food
Processing
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Additional Sectors of Interest:
 Construction
 Healthcare
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1st Pick: Agriculture/Forestry
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Additional Sectors of Interest
 Healthcare
 Metals Manufacturing
 Transportation
 Construction
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Local Sector Team Activity
Lane County Sector Strategy Team
agrees to plan and launch a
Technology/Software Sector
Partnership (Feb. 11th)
Some level of initiative or activity
(not full partnerships) in all
“additional sectors” of interest
Past history of advanced sector
partnership activity in Healthcare and
Manufacturing.
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Existing Manufacturing Consortia is
active, and supported by Make it in
America grant; they would like to
expand this to fuller partnership
Some activity in Construction and
Agriculture/Food (not full
partnerships)
Some past activity in Healthcare in
Albany area (not full partnership)
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Clackamas County Sector Strategy
Team agrees to plan and launch a
Ag/Forestry Partnership (target
March 2015)
Sector-focused training initiatives in
healthcare, manufacturing and
IT/software in partnership with the
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Initial Sector Strategy Team
training: November 13, 2014
Team reconvened Dec. 11,
2014 to narrow focus
Feb. 11th Tech Launch
Subsequent meeting of
Sector Strategy Team to
review results of launch
Initial Sector Strategy Team
training: November 14, 2014
Internal In Cite staff training
on Feb. 25th
Manufacturing still the top
priority for mobilization
Initial Sector Strategy Team
training: November 12, 2014
Team reconvened January 7,
2015 to narrow focus
Team in planning phase for
March Ag/Forestry launch
Collaborative with WSI/Clark County
North Coast
1st Pick TBD
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Sectors of Strongest Interest:
 Healthcare
 Port-related and Fishing
 Manufacturing
South Coast
1st Pick TBD
Sectors of Strongest Interest:
 Healthcare
 Forestry
 Food/Specialty
Southern
1st Pick: Leaning toward
Oregon
Manufacturing or E-commerce/IT
(Rogue Valley
WDC)
TBD
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 Existing efforts (not sector
partnerships) related to healthcare,
childhood education, housing
improvement, forestry,
manufacturing, hospitality/tourism,
transportation, food/specialty
products
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Worksystems,
Inc.
Existing efforts (not sector
partnerships) related to healthcare,
port-related and fishing, forestry,
hospitality and professional/technical
services
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Existing workforce survey efforts in
healthcare
Reconnaissance on manufacturing to
determine combination of sub-sectors
to include in launch (including
industry interviews/survey)
Identifying companies in e-commerce
that can be mobilized as a sector
partnership
Sector-focused training initiatives in
Healthcare, Manufacturing and
IT/software through the Collaborative
with Clackamas and Clark counties
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Initial Sector Strategy Team
Training December 16, 2014
Team in process of
scheduling second meeting
to narrow focus and pick a
1st sector
Initial Sector Strategy Team
Training December 16, 2014
Team in process of
scheduling second meeting
to narrow focus and pick a
1st sector
Initial Sector Strategy Team
Training December 18, 2014
Core team meeting
scheduled for March 18 to
assess progress toward
launches and determine next
steps
January 28, 2015, 9-12:00
24+ partners from
workforce, education and
economic development to
attend
Agenda: taking stock and
assessing individual and
collective employer
Central
Eastern
Sectors of Strongest Interest
 Food/beverage/ag/specialty
products
 Bioscience
 Manufacturing
 Health Care
 Forestry/wood products
Sectors of Strongest Interest (with
some variation by sub-region)
 Food chain (i.e., agriculture,
food processing,
utilities/cogeneration,
warehousing/transportation)
(northeastern)
 Health care (central/south
eastern)
 Manufacturing
 Forest/wood products
Sector-related activity in these sectors, but
not yet sector partnerships
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Sector-related activity in these sectors, but
not yet sector partnerships
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engagement efforts;
brainstorming ways to align
Initial Sector Strategy Team
Training February 4th, 2015
Next steps TBD
Initial Sector Strategy Team
Training February 5th, 2015
Next steps TBD