How We Can Help Your Community
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
- Travel to your community to meet with your leadership team to discuss your unique development challenges and opportunities.
- Discuss innovative ways to grow jobs and opportunities.
- Discuss how to develop workforce and economic development strategies that deliver results and help your community improve.
- COST: No Fee - You pay our travel costs - transportation & lodging if needed.
Workforce Needs Assessment & Action Planning
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
- Meet with local businesses to identify the challenges and opportunities for job retention and growth.
- Meet with educational leaders to discuss how the community can better support their efforts to educate and train tomorrow's workforce.
- Work with education, business, and community leaders to develop a workforce development action plan th
- Meet with local businesses to identify the challenges and opportunities for job retention and growth.
- Meet with educational leaders to discuss how the community can better support their efforts to educate and train tomorrow's workforce.
- Work with education, business, and community leaders to develop a workforce development action plan that aligns education and training with business and industry needs.
- COST: Per project, depending on the size and scope.
Economic Development Strategic Planning
Workforce & Economic Development Informational Session
Economic Development Strategic Planning
- Work with community leaders—from education, business, healthcare, and government—to create an innovative economic development strategic plan to grow and attract jobs and investment to your community.
- Work with community leaders and residents to implement your plan.
- COST: Per project, depending on the size and scope.
About Us
Dr. Malcolm Portera
Dr. Portera, the former President of Mississippi State University and Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, has been involved in economic development for the past 40+ years. Dr. Portera helped to recruit industrial development projects that have resulted in over $15 billion of capital investment in the Southeast U.S. These projects include Nissan-Mississippi, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Hyundai-Alabama, Mercedes-Benz Alabama, Victor Company of Japan, and several others.
Andy Portera
Andy, an attorney by training, has worked with economic development organizations, city and county governments, and higher education partners since co-founding Portera & Associates in 2014. Andy’s consulting practice focuses on rural communities and organizations throughout the Southeast US. In addition, Andy has taken several partners on international recruiting trips to Germany, Japan, and South Korea.