Walking the Economic Development Tightrope For many of us, there has been a fundamental shift in how we approach economic development. As the job market has tightened the challenge of bringing in a new project has increased exponentially. How do we continue to look for opportunities when our current employers can’t fill their staffing needs? Everyone loves the new announcement and golden shovel ceremonies How does that play with our existing companies? 750,000 jobs are unfilled in the manufacturing sector Deloitte Insights predicts that 2.1 million manufacturing jobs will remain unfilled in the U.S. alone by 2030 Worker shortage and a skills Gap