by SurryEDP Staff | Aug 30, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
We have all heard about the skills gap and challenges industry faces in finding skilled workers to fill jobs in a highly-automated and rapidly-changing global economy. To remain competitive, businesses must now become more deliberate in how they manage their talent...
by SurryEDP Staff | May 4, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
A crowd of more than 200 economic developers, educators and business leaders gathered at Grandover Conference Center today for the unveiling of a Triad talent alignment strategy that seeks to develop the region’s workforce to match industry needs over the next...
by SurryEDP Staff | Apr 17, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
BizFest exhibitors from businesses and nonprofits across Surry County attend a seminar on collaboration at The Liberty in Elkin Thursday afternoon. Amanda Pearce and Marie Palacious present a seminar on “Competing or Collaborating” during the kick-off for BizFest...
by SurryEDP Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
The seventh-annual BizFest will be held at The Liberty in Elkin on Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. The event alternates between Mount Airy and Elkin, said Todd Tucker, president of Surry County Economic Development Partnership (SCEDP), which puts on the exhibition. The...
by SurryEDP Staff | Dec 8, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Stan Jewell remembers the days when consumers viewed socks as a mere afterthought — an item haphazardly tossed in the shopping cart on the way to a more important purchase. “It was ‘do I need my white socks or my dress socks?’” said Jewell, the newly minted CEO...
by SurryEDP Staff | Nov 9, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
DOBSON — A grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation is helping Surry County Schools prepare kids for the workplace. Crystal Folger-Hawks appeared before the county Board of Education Monday evening to give an update on what has happened since the launch of a new...
