Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation, or Tri-Ed, is identifying top areas to target for job growth, by launching a new study.
Tri-Ed has hired Atlanta-based
Kate McEnroe Consulting, to conduct a Benchmarking and Target Industry Analysis. The study will lay the foundation of Tri-Ed's future planning efforts, allowing the organization to best use its resources to grow the region's economy and bring in high-quality, high-pay jobs.
"This is a very important endeavor for the Northern Kentucky community," said Tri-ED President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Tobergte. "The results will drive how we plan for, pursue and retain business in Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties in concert with Vision 2015, the Cincinnati USA Partnership, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and our many allies over the next three to five years."
This effort follows up on a 2004 High-Tech Readiness Study that Tri-Ed commissioned, which included a Target Industry Analysis. The early study identified the region's readiness for advanced manufacturing, informatics and other high-tech businesses.
Tri-Ed focused its efforts on business recruiting with insight gleaned from that High-Tech study. In the ensuing years,
Toyota Boshoku America,
Perot Systems,
DEFENDER Direct were among the companies that located to the region. And Northern Kentucky University recently broke ground on a new College of Informatics to help train a new generation of tech savvy workers.
This most recent study will be presented at Northern Kentucky Tri-ED's May Board of Directors meeting.
Writer: Feoshia Henderson
Source: STRATA-G Communications
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