Multi-Agency Initiatives
Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative
The Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative is a new interagency effort to assist communities negatively impacted by changes in the coal industry and power sector.
The Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership
The Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership is an initiative that will help accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing and create jobs in cities across the country.
The Make it in America Challenge
The Make it in America Challenge seeks to encourage foreign and domestic businesses to build and/or expand their operations in the United States.
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Visioning Challenge
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) initiative, first announced in July 2011, seeks to strengthen neighborhoods, towns, cities, and regions around the country by enhancing the capacity of local governments to develop and execute their economic vision and strategies, providing necessary technical assistance and access to federal agency expertise, and creating new public and private sector partnerships.
The SC2 Economic Visioning Challenge is a key component of the initiative that includes a series of competitions in which six separate cities will work closely with the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to offer cash rewards for new solutions to Strategic Economic Transition planning in each community. Winning plans will be selected by local leaders.
The Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge
The Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge brings the public and private sectors together to build on America’s regional strengths and create local jobs in key industries of the future. The jobs and innovation Accelerator Challenge is an important example of how the federal government is working collaboratively and leveraging existing resources to enhance local efforts to build public-private partnerships that support economic growth and job creation.
Fifth Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE)
