Business Engagement: Buy Local Initiative

PROGRAM GOAL:  Source local businesses for ‘Buy Local’ initiative.

 

WDB NEED:  Identify local businesses that could provide commodities & goods currently purchased from “out of county” vendors.  The program’s goal was to shift County spending to local businesses to bolster the local economy.

 

Strong economies bolster a stronger workforce, and collaborative initiatives between economic programs and workforce development support innovative programs such as “Buy Local” initiatives.  EconoVue’s deep data and agile user search abilities enable creativity and innovation across multi-departmental programs.    

 

First, the workforce board internally created an AI-assisted crosswalk to translate commodities to NAICS codes. Next, the workforce board ran a custom NAICS search to identify local businesses in those sectors, AND that were either a Headquarters location or a Single Location business. Target and engage priority candidates for the new program.

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