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Action <br />Strategy Lead Status <br /> <br />(based on Initiatives/Tactics) <br /> <br />e-Dev provides a countywide program to support the training, technical <br />(#2 continued) <br />Micro-Enterprise Development <br />: Provide training, <br />assistance needs of emerging micro-enterprises. The cities of Eugene <br />technical assistance, and financing to support the e-Dev <br />and Springfield and Lane County provide partial funding for e-Dev <br />development of micro-enterprises. <br />programs. <br /> <br />Match Training to Industry Needs <br />: Convene <br />#3 <br />Lane Currently convening the following industry groups to review training <br />industry-interest panels to design and evaluate <br />Workforce <br />Workforce programs: Lane Manufacturing Skills Alliance, the Community <br />curricula to ensure that local training programs meet <br />Development <br />Partnership Healthcare Education Network, and the Green Jobs Taskforce. <br />industry needs. <br /> <br />(Talent for <br /> <br />Tomorrow) <br />Lane Workforce Partnership is actively working with the business <br />Work Experience for Youth <br />: Partner with industry Lane <br />community to provide youth with work experiences. This last year, 399 <br />and educational institutions to encourage investment in Workforce <br />work experience positions and 21 internship opportunities were <br />training, internship and work experience for youth. Partnership <br />provided for youth. <br />Lane Workforce provides work readiness services through WorkSource <br />Enhance Workforce Readiness: <br />Fund basic skills <br />Lane Lane customers. Last year 11,474 WorkSource customers took Basic <br />training and promote Career Readiness Certificates, a <br /> Workforce Skills assessments testing and 499 took Basic Skills Classes. Planning is <br />statewide basic skills testing and credentialing <br />Partnership underway to implement a Career Readiness Certificate program in Lane <br />initiative. <br />County. <br />Train Laid-Off Workers and Low-Income Adults <br />Lane Lane Workforce Partnership awarded over 600 retraining scholarships <br />for In Demand Jobs: <br /> Increase training and <br /> <br />Workforce to laid-off workers and low-income adults to train in higher wage/high <br />employment opportunities in higher wage, high <br />Partnership demand occupations. <br />demand occupations. <br /> <br /> <br />Land Supply: <br /> Assess existing land supply related to City of Eugene has concluded its Comprehensive Land Assessment <br />#4 <br />industry development needs, redevelopment, and City of process. Next phase is the Envision Eugene process that will include <br />Land & Physical <br />targeted industries goals. Determine specific site Eugene review of commercial and industrial land supply with consideration of <br />Infrastructure <br />characteristics needed to address these goals. economic development goals. <br /> <br />(Basic Needs of <br />Business) <br /> <br />Springfield concluded its commercial/industrial buildable lands <br />analyses. Springfield and Lane County Planning Commissions have <br />City of recommended, among other related issues, adoption of economic <br /> <br />Springfield development objectives and strategies, needed land supplies, <br />redevelopment goals, and land-use efficiency measures for Springfield’s <br />urban growth boundary. <br />2 <br /> <br />