Department of Commerce
By Jay Williams
IMCP communities after the White House Executive Session and Best Practices Session with Industry Leaders
November 1, 2016
Since taking office, protecting and growing our country’s critical manufacturing sector has been a key focus of the Obama administration.
Early on, there was doubt if the U.S. manufacturing sector would ever begin to grow again.
But today, even in the face of global headwinds, there are 828,000 more American jobs in manufacturing than six years ago, and companies are looking to fill more than 350,000 jobs.
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Mike Dozier, Office of Community & Economic Development, Fresno State; Julie Wenah, U.S. Economic Development Administration; Trish Kelly, Valley Vision