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Milwaukee to Build Design Tech Cluster
Posted by Shayna Pollock on June 20, 2011 |
The Greater Milwaukee Committee, a CEOs for Cities partner, is fostering economic growth through cluster development. The committee recently revealed a plan to build a design technology cluster, which mostly consists of information technology, in Milwaukee. By creating a Design Technology Council, Milwaukee hopes to bring together corporate community members and entrepreneurs to garner mentorship relationships. In an article in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Julia Taylor, President of GMC, cites Grand Avenue in Milwaukee as the "physical and virtual center for innovation and ingenuity" for the new design tech cluster. Cluster development is an important tool for cities building entrepreneurship and economic growth.
Talent Dividend Prize Update: Opportunities Abound
Posted by Bridget Marquis on February 24, 2011 | News
First Movers on Talent
Memphis, Milwaukee, Louisville and Little Rock lead the pack as the first cities to enter the competition for the Talent Dividend Prize. The $1 million national promotional and advertising prize, supported by the Kresge Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education, will be awarded to the metropolitan area that exhibits the greatest increase in post secondary degrees granted per capita through 2013. Will your city be next?
As you prepare to register your city for the competition, a copy of the registration form can be downloaded here. If you have started to register and need to access your form, please contact Bridget Marquis for the unique link to your form.
Save the Date: National Talent Dividend Network Meeting
The next National Talent Dividend Network meeting will be held May 9-10 on the campus of Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago. The event will kick off at 1pm on the afternoon of May 9 and run through 3pm on May 10. We'll use the Talent Dividend efforts in Chicago as a backdrop for the conversation with a special emphasis on reenrolling and completing adult students.…
Talent Dividend Update No. 9
Posted by Bridget Marquis on August 02, 2010 | News
The Strive Partnership Awarded $2 Million Grant
The Corporation for National and Community Services has awarded National Talent Dividend Network member Strive and United Way of Greater Cincinnati a $2 million 2010 Social Innovation Fund grant in support of the organizations' collaborative efforts to address economic opportunities, youth development and school support.
Strive, founded by Dr. Nancy Zimpher and led by Jeff Edmondson, is a consortium of college presidents, superintendents, funders, business executives, nonprofit leaders, and early childhood providers. The organization works to improve student achievement in the urban core of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, from kindergarten readiness to postsecondary degree attainment.
The Social Innovation Fund will advance Strive’s collective efforts to align resources around improving student outcomes, and to achieving Cincinnati’s Talent Dividend.
Cincinnati is the site of the next National Talent Dividend Network meeting October 4-5.
Interested in becoming part of the National Talent Dividend Network? Contact Natalie Campbell at ncampbell@ceosforcities.org and Stephen Michon at michon@futureworks-web.com.
Tulsa Focuses on Adult Completion
As part of its Talent Dividend initiative, Tulsa…
Milwaukee on Talent
Posted by Bridget Marquis on June 16, 2010 |
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Special Report on the city's urgent need for talent adds fuel to the Talent Dividend fire. As the article points out the Milwaukee region as a whole has an average college attainment rate when compared to the largest 50 metropolitan regions, however the city itself ranks much lower when compared to other large US cities.
Our City Vitals work found this to be the case in a number of cities - the college attainment rates of the core (measured based on the population living within 5 miles of the center of a city) were lower than that of the metropolitan region in 30 of the 50 largest US metros. However, metros including Seattle, Portland, Chicago and New York were among those with the highest college attainment rates and were also the places with talent concentrated in the core. In fact the cores of these four cities had college attainment rates that were at least 40 percent higher than their metropolitan regions.
"Recent economic research has found that the greatest "spillover" benefits of having lots of college-educated workers occur in relatively small, densely populated areas. After a few miles, economic blessings…
Milwaukee Votes to Dissolve School District
Posted by Carol Coletta on September 20, 2008 |
By a surprising 6-3 margin Thursday night, Milwaukee School Board members voted in favor of exploring the dissolving of Milwaukee Public Schools, which is under financial pressure. The vote sets up a study for state takeover -- and full funding -- of the school district. School officials are frustrated by the continuing decline in state funds as a percentage of the total schools budget and clearly feel that the dissolution or threat of dissolution of the local school district will pressure the state. It's a high stakes game that will be interesting to watch unfold. Read more here.