Enterprise for Employment and Education

The Enterprise is a public-private partnership dedicated to strategic workforce solutions. We work with businesses, education and training organizations, county and state governments, foundations and non-profits to identify and address the current and future workforce needs of Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties. The Enterprise provides staffing and coordination to a number of business consortia in order to better leverage resources, reduce training costs, and create coordinated solutions to workforce issues. The Enterprise exists so that the Mid-Willamette Valley will have the skilled workforce necessary for businesses to locate, stay, and thrive here. We realize this vision through direct funding of workforce development activities, matching grants, and the development of sustainable programs. The Enterprise operates like a trustee for workforce development. We act as a scanner to identify workforce challenges and opportunities, a convener of effective partnerships to create solutions, a manager of resources to fund solutions, and an evaluator to ensure short term return on investment and identify long term trends and opportunities.