An informational meeting will be held for Anderson County businesses interested in learning about workforce development. Organizers say the idea of the ‘Work Ready Program’ is to spur economic growth in the county by assessing the skills of the workforce and matching it to companies in need of those skills. Another aim of the plan encourages workers to develop additional skills that may be matched to companies targeted for local recruitment. Anderson County Development Agency Director Julie Turnipseed says the program sets up a framework where communities become “certified” by their labor force assessments in order to signal how they stack up to other regions being looked at by potential employers. the featured speaker will be Pottawatomie County Economic Development Executive Director Jack Allston, the former manager of site selection for a major site selection and industrial and commercial relocation company. The meeting is open to anyone interested in workforce development and general local economic growth. The meeting will be held at noon tomorrow at the boardroom of East Kansas Agri Energy in Garnett.
