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Closing the Skills Gap
Spearheaded by the Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED), the Be Pro Be Proud Georgia Mobile Workshop has been touring the state since 2020 to expose students to the skilled professions. The Mobile Workshop brings life-like simulators and hands-o...
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Wellstar Community Partnership with Be Pro Be Proud Preparing Students for Success
Wellstar’s Strategic Community Development (SCD) is focused on aligning with academic and workforce development community partners to create talent pipelines for both clinical and non-clinical careers in healthcare and at Wellstar. One of Wellstar&r...
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Be Pro Be Proud Georgia Honors Cherokee County Graduates Following Launch of Second mobile Workshop
ACWORTH, GA (May 10, 2024) – Be Pro Be Proud Georgia unveiled its interactive Mobile Workshop on May 7 in Woodstock, preceding Skilled Professions Signing Day. The launch event, hosted by the Cherokee Office of Economic Development, highlighted...
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CCSD Celebrates 2024 Skilled Professions Signing Day
May 10 2024The Cherokee County School District is celebrating 52 graduating seniors who plan to pursue careers in skilled professions!Be Pro Be Proud Georgia and the Cherokee Workforce Collaborative, an initiative of the Cherokee Office of Econo...
Read MoreWorkforce Advocate Be Pro Be Proud Launches in Georgia
A new approach to attract the next generation of Coastal Georgia’s skilled workforce is in an 18-wheeler.The Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop is a national movement to accelerate the country’s workforce and launched its efforts in the...
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Workforce advocate Be Pro Be Proud launches second Mobile Workshop in Georgia
A new approach to attract the next generation of Coastal Georgia’s skilled workforce is in an 18-wheeler.The Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop is a national movement to accelerate the country’s workforce and launched its efforts in the state thr...
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Weyerhaeuser Announces Partnership to Support Workforce Development
National partnership with Be Pro Be Proud will teach students about career opportunities in the forest products industrySEATTLE, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company today announced a national partnership with Be Pro Be Proud, an i...
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Inaugural Cherokee by Choice Ambassadors Announced
WOODSTOCK, GA (Feb. 12, 2024) – The Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED) welcomed its inaugural group of Cherokee By Choice (CBC) Ambassadors last week.2024 CBC AMBASSADORS ANNOUNCEDCourtney Howard of Black AirplaneBarbara Corey...
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2023 Annual Report: A Year of Generational Impact
February 1, 2024 - The Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED) is looking back at a successful 2023 with the release of its 2023 Annual Report.“We are helping build a sustainable foundation that meets the needs of Cherokee today and Cher...
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Georgia Chamber Foundation Announces New Center for Workforce and Talent Preparedness
ATLANTA - On Wednesday, January 10, the Georgia Chamber Foundation, the state’s leading economic research organization, announced the creation of its new Center for Workforce and Talent Preparedness at the Chamber’s annual Eggs and Issues...
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Public Service National Champions
Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach staff likes to say UGA won three recent national championships. Two were the back-to-back 2022 and 2023 NCAA football championships. The other was for public service.Last November, UGA was awarded the C. Peter M...
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WGTC Partners with Development Authority of LaGrange for Inaugural West Georgia Manufacturing Day
West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) hosted the inaugural West Georgia Manufacturing Day at its LaGrange Campus on October 6. The event was created in partnership with the Development Authority of LaGrange in an effort to expose the next generation to mo...
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