16-18SRP: Impact measurement and community dashboard CONTACT INFORMATION Organization: Seattle Region Partnership Name: Alessandra Zielinski Director Phone: 206-388-1662 Email Address: a.zielinski@seattlefoundation.org Street Address: 1200 5th Ave City, State, and Zip Code: Seattle, WA 98101 Please provide some background information about your organization With a booming economy and a variety of thriving industries, Seattle is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States and that rapid growth brings its own challenges. Our region is experiencing unprecedented economic growth AND YET, there are many jobs that employers struggle to fill while at the same time there are many people in the region who would benefit from those jobs. Increasingly, a broad cross-section of Puget Sound community leaders recognize that ensuring shared prosperity and economic opportunity for all of our residents is crucial to the global competitiveness and wellbeing of our region as a whole. Currently, many great programs, initiatives and funders are tackling this problem from different perspectives and in different ways, and our region could benefit from a more collective, coordinated and strategic focus on this topic. To address this issue, the Seattle Region Partnership is being formed, composed of Seattle regional leaders including elected officials, business, philanthropic and community nonprofit CEOs, and university representatives. Together these leaders will work to help align existing efforts in order to increase access to middle wage job opportunities for local residents through workforce development, training, and placement. Alignment of existing efforts will help ensure greater progress on common direction and goals benefitting our region. This effort is being co-chaired by the Seattle Foundation, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, King County, the City of Seattle, and Social Venture Partners. PROJECT INFORMATION Please indicate which of the following topic areas relate to your project (select all that apply): Social Policy (Poverty, Education, and Social Welfare) Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy Metropolitan and Policy
16-18SRP: Impact measurement and community dashboard CONTACT INFORMATION Organization: Seattle Region Partnership Name: Alessandra Zielinski Director Phone: 206-388-1662 Email Address: a.zielinski@seattlefoundation.org Street Address: 1200 5th Ave City, State, and Zip Code: Seattle, WA 98101 Please provide some background information about your organization With a booming economy and a variety of thriving industries, Seattle is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States and that rapid growth brings its own challenges. Our region is experiencing unprecedented economic growth AND YET, there are many jobs that employers struggle to fill while at the same time there are many people in the region who would benefit from those jobs. Increasingly, a broad cross-section of Puget Sound community leaders recognize that ensuring shared prosperity and economic opportunity for all of our residents is crucial to the global competitiveness and wellbeing of our region as a whole. Currently, many great programs, initiatives and funders are tackling this problem from different perspectives and in different ways, and our region could benefit from a more collective, coordinated and strategic focus on this topic. To address this issue, the Seattle Region Partnership is being formed, composed of Seattle regional leaders including elected officials, business, philanthropic and community nonprofit CEOs, and university representatives. Together these leaders will work to help align existing efforts in order to increase access to middle wage job opportunities for local residents through workforce development, training, and placement. Alignment of existing efforts will help ensure greater progress on common direction and goals benefitting our region. This effort is being co-chaired by the Seattle Foundation, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, King County, the City of Seattle, and Social Venture Partners. PROJECT INFORMATION Please indicate which of the following topic areas relate to your project (select all that apply): Social Policy (Poverty, Education, and Social Welfare) Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy Metropolitan and Policy
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