Workforce Development

Colleges aren't necessarily training tomorrow's workforce with the right tools, and the Great Recession's impact means that workers who held steady jobs for years have skills that are suddenly obsolete. We'll look at programs training employees for the jobs of the future.

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Business startup program aims to reduce unemployment in DC

Kaitlynn Hendricks Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A new entrepreneurship program is venturing local funds to help under-employed D.C. residents launch profitable enterprises of their own. Will Enterprise DC combat unemployment with startup profits?

#TechintheCity ignites debate

Allyson Jacob Tuesday, April 23, 2013

How is D.C.'s tech sector different from that in other cities? Can it someday rival New York's? These questions and more were discussed Thursday at #TechintheCity, a spirited panel discussion.

Elevation Q&A: Mayor Anthony Williams and the Federal City Council

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Former D.C. mayor Anthony "Tony" Williams has been helming the Federal City Council for the past nine months. Elevation DC asked him about the nonprofit's biggest challenges and opportunities for the coming year.

Harvesting energy for the win: D.C. students compete to build energy-efficient house of the future

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Students from three D.C. universities will be the first to represent the District in an energy-efficiency competition that started here. When they're done, they'll take those green, marketable skills to local employers.

Ward 5 could transform to a green, manufacturing jobs mecca

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Can Ward 5 change its industrial warehouses and trash transfer stations into neighborhood amenities and sources of good jobs? The recently announced Ward 5 Industrial Land Transformation Task Force aims to find out.

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