Senior Obama Administration Official Announces $1 Million Investment to Support Workforce Training Contact: EDA Public Affairs Department, (202) 482-4085 July 7, 2016 RESERVE, La. – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Jay Williams today announced a $1 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to South Central …
Louisiana receives federal grant funds to ease I-10 congestion Ryan Broussard – Baton Rouge Business Report July 5, 2016 Louisiana will receive $60 million in FASTLANE grant funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation that will go toward widening a part of Interstate 10 near Lafayette, thus allowing the state …
June 23, 2016 LCMI Announces Annual Conference Date Baton Rouge, LA (June 23, 2016) – The Louisiana Chemical Manufacturing Initiative (LCMI) today announced that their Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel. The Conference will feature several keynote speakers and …
New chemical industry group convenes in Gonzales to discuss federal funding and workforce needs. Sam Barnes May 10, 2016 | Business A GREAT START: Matt Erskine, deputy assistant secretary of commerce and COO of the U.S. Economic Development Administration called the group “inspiring.” (Photos by Sam Barnes) A newly designated consortium …
April 19, 2016 Yesterday, the Louisiana Chemical Manufacturing Initiative hosted the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and COO for the Economic Development Administration, Matt Erskine and Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, Chris Masingill. LCMI represents the only chemical focused manufacturing community amongst 24 Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnerships …
USGC skilled labor demand to peak in 2017 on downstream spending Posted on Mar 10, 2016 The demand for skilled labor in the current wave of US downstream construction projects is expected to peak in 2017 based on the pipeline of committed capital and maintenance projects in the petrochemical, LNG …
Courtesy: Baton Rouge Business Report Alexandria Burris | @allyburris March 3, 2016 As many as 25,000 workers may be needed to construction employment opportunities in the greater Baton Rouge area through June 2017, according to the new labor forecast from the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc. Welders, pipefitters and …
Monday, February 8, 2016 WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that seventy-seven cities have submitted applications for the first-of-its-kind U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. Medium-sized cities from across the country from Reno to Rochester and Anchorage to Albuquerque represent the depth and breadth of this Challenge. …
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Part of agency’s comprehensive campaign to reduce fatalities at railroad crossings BATON ROUGE, La. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded a $1.1 million grant to the State of Louisiana to increase safety at railroad crossings along six miles of Kansas City Southern tracks from …
The federal government has given a special nod to the Louisiana Chemical Corridor—a 200-mile stretch of refineries and manufacturing facilities located between Lake Charles and New Orleans—by designating it one of 12 new manufacturing communities under the “Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership,” or IMCP, initiative. The designation, which was announced …
