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Source: CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 7/1/21
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Carolina Public Press is
offering a new event series called Ten for
NC. These free, virtual conversations will span the year and tackle 10 issues, topics and debates important to all North Carolinians. Because of your enthusiasm for our reporting, we thought you'd be interested in hearing about how public service journalism, like ours, can help close gaps in local news and keep communities more informed and engaged. On
Thursday, July 8 at noon (ET), we'll presentNorth Carolina’s Business Climate After COVIDSponsored by AB Tech Community College.
Important topics to consider for this session:
- North Carolina’s labor force fell by over 16,200 from April to May (Federal Reserve Economic Data).What factors are driving this data?
- According to the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging
Association, the leisure and hospitality sector accounted for 20% of job
losses during the pandemic. Now, with COVID-19 restrictions lifting,
employers are scrambling to get workers back.
- Community colleges usually can pair
hospitality and culinary graduates with employers, but they
don't have enough to help everyone.
This panel features Dr. John Gossett,
President, AB Technical Community College; Business NC Editor David
Mildenberg; Leah Wong Ashburn,
CEO, Highland Brewing; Christopher Chung,
CEO Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina and Wit Tuttell, Executive
Director of VisitNC.
WHERE: Virtual, via Zoom. Registration is free.
WHEN: Thursday, July 8, noon (ET)
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