Pittsburgh: Matching Veterans with Energy Jobs

The Allegheny Conference on Community Development recently announced the launch of Service to Opportunity (STO; ServicetoOpportunity.org), a strategic initiative to connect military veterans with energy and manufacturing employers in the Pittsburgh, Penn., region who need to fill in-demand jobs.
The matching database that helps veterans match their skills…

New Website Promotes St. Louis Gateway Initiative

The St. Louis Gateway is a new collaborative initiative to create a new brand identity for the St. Louis region —and for southwestern Illinois within that region — as a multimodal hub poised for growth. At the heart of the effort is the new website, www.stlgateway.com. The collaboration is…

Manufacturing Institute Releases Workforce Ready Guides

In partnership with The White House’s release of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 Report: Accelerating U.S. Advanced Manufacturing, The Manufacturing Institute launched on October 27 how-to-guides to build a workforce-ready talent pipeline in communities across the country.
For the past year, The Manufacturing Institute…

Illinois: Mid-America Port Receives State Support for Intermodal

The Mid-America Intermodal Port in Quincy, Ill., is one step closer to reality after the recent announcement by Governor Pat Quinn of an investment of up to $1.3 million from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. The investment will help complete the planning and design phase for…

Learn about Sasol's $8 Billion Project in Louisiana

Sasol Ltd., a South African petrochemical company, recently announced its final investment decision to develop an $8.1 billion petrochemical complex consisting of an ethane cracker and six chemical manufacturing plants near its existing Westlake, La., facilities.

The ethane cracker is one of two projects announced in December 2012 during…