Ep. 004 - Midwest town doing extraordinary work to help close the Skills Gap by working together for measurable results. Call with Bobby Hopewell - Mayor of Kalamazoo, MI
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In this episode, you'll hear about how Kalamazoo, MI, under the leadership of Mayor Bobby Hopewell, has the marshaled the resources and gotten a number of great organizations and truly committed folks to work together to help close the Skills Gap. This is a real-world example of the tangible, measurable results a community can have if they set meaningful objectives and hold each other accountable to results for our children, our families and our communities.

For more info on Bobby Hopewell, here is his LinkedIn profile

For more info on Kalamazoo, MI, please click here

For more info on the Kalamazoo Promise, please click here

For more info on the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency, please click here

For more info on Michigan Works!, please click here

For more info on the Momentum initiative, please click here

Please feel free to send me you comments as well as any ideas on how I can improve the Skilled Trades Playbook podcast series on Twitter to @aybcareers or you can email me at jcarosso@AtYourBest.com

For a complete listing of episodes of the Skilled Trades Playbook categorized by topic, please click here

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To learn more about the At Your Best Playbook series, please go to www.AtYourBest.com

Thanks a lot, Juan Carosso

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