Posts Tagged ‘Whatcom Business Alliance’
Workforce development 101
By its very nature, workforce development is a community prosperity initiative. After all, helping workers gain valuable skills attacks the roots of poverty. Training workers for living-wage jobs can help break the cycle of dead-end work. What’s more, boosting the skills of Whatcom County workers helps local companies fill important jobs so they can grow.…
Read MoreBusiness success, job growth keys to a healthy community
A vibrant business community, supported by public policies, is the key to a healthy community. Do you believe this statement? Whatcom Business Alliance members – industry leaders based in Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden, Blaine and other cities in our county – certainly believe this to be true. They have seen firsthand how the success of businesses…
Read MoreWBA policy highlights: What we’re watching for you
Good policy is critically important to a healthy community. And, as we’ve discussed in the past, a good understanding of policy also is integral to community success. That’s because local business leaders — that’s you — need to be able to make sense of local policies in order to get involved in issues that matter…
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