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Finger
Lakes Wired Allocating Additional $1.6 Million
for Scholarships to Region's Businesses for
Training
The Finger Lakes Wired is allocating an additional
$1.6 million in funds - on top of $1.4 million
already awarded - to make more scholarships
available to businesses in the nine-county Finger
Lakes region.
Businesses
in the following industries may apply for up
to $25,000 in funding: advanced manufacturing,
alternative energy, bio/life sciences, business
services, engineering, food and agriculture,
healthcare (including not-for-profit healthcare
organizations), information technology, and
optics/Imaging.
"Training
must accomplish one of several goals,"
added Hurlbutt. 1) Develop management competencies
of mid to senior level managers, 2) Develop
technical/occupational skill competencies of
workers or, 3) Implement process or productivity
improvement initiatives such as Lean, ISO, Six
Sigma, or Sarbanes Oxley.
Since
the Wired Scholarship program was launched in
September 2006, more than 100 businesses have
participated, receiving more than $1.4 million
enabling them to offer training to increase
the skills of 2,671 workers employed in key
industries. The businesses also provided more
than $3.3 million in matching resources to support
the requested training.
"Wired
is designed to support economic growth by developing
regional talent," said Matthew C. Hurlbutt,
Managing Director of Finger Lakes Wired. "The
Scholarship Program is helping businesses accomplish
that throughout the region."
For
assistance or more information please contact:
Claudia Burcke, Finger Lakes Wired
255 North Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607
Telephone: (585) 258-3541
Fax: (585) 232-6033
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