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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education

The Korte Company

Vocational education is disappearing. The problem is the systematic de-emphasis of vocational education in America’s schools. That led to a perception that vocational education was reserved for “second-string” students who couldn’t cut it in more rigorous academic settings. Local vocational education partnership.

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Dan Baker Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Louis, Missouri, on Sept. Baker served on the board of ASCC and has made significant donations of people and monies to both the ASCC and its education and research foundation. . 24 at the organization’s annual conference in Dallas, Texas.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Louis, Missouri with an office in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and one in Edwardsville, Illinois. Our areas of expertise are education, retail, healthcare, and commercial projects. Two years in a row, the company has been named an Employment Scorecard Honoree by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Wilson & Co.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

Natural Building

It is Washington’s last Pre-Revolutionary colonial building on its original foundation. His home, which features an 18th century garden, is now a museum, owned and operated by the Missouri Society of the Colonial Dames of America. While Washington, D.C., The National Park Service opened the house to the public in 1960.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

o Help Accessing Resources: Where necessary to achieve their goals, Promise Zones will get priority and be able to access federal investments that further the goals of job creation, additional private investment, increased economic activity, improved educational opportunity, and reduction in violent crime.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. Alignment of education, industry and government within cybersecurity, and the ability to collaborate across these sectors, presents the city’s most significant opportunity for industry development.

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FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

A white paper recently released by the Kauffman Foundation finds that Kansas City and other areas viewed as “new” startup high-tech hubs actually are benefitting from many years of nurturing a local culture of entrepreneurship. Photo: Rockymountaininnosphere.org.). By Jonathan Sanders. From the September/October 2013 issue.