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October 15, 2024
EDA’s Good Jobs Challenge Helps Miami Students Design New Careers
Kathleen Finch has always had a knack for design and enjoyed creating clothing and home good items for public consumption. This led her to many years as a textile designer with a major department store chain. As technology continued to evolve, so too did Kathleen’s interest in applying emerging tech to her creative skills.
September 10, 2024
EDA Supports Aviation and Aerospace Education on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Pearl River is just a short drive from the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. Operated by NASA, it is America’s largest and most productive test site for rocket propulsion systems, serving both the nation and the commercial sector. As early as 2005, school officials saw the need to develop a steady pipeline of skilled workers capable of supporting the growing aviation and aerospace fields on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
August 13, 2024
EDA Helps the Wood Products Industry Branch Out in the Northern Forest
Timber markets are one of America’s most valuable, yet unpredictable, natural resource industries. It is no stranger to volatility, going from boon to bust and back again. As recently as 2019, paper mills and biomass electric plants were closing in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, a four-state region collectively referred to as the Northern Forest. As the plants continued to close, the demand for wood harvested in the region began to decline.
