Equal Opportunity Employer/ Program with Auxiliary Aids and Services Available to Individuals with Disabilities

(336) 629-5141 // Relay NC 711

State and Local Efforts Help Land Lidl in Alamance County

NC Governor Pat McCrory, NC Commerce Secretary John Skvarla III, and the Economic Development

Partnership of NC announced July 1st that Lidl, one of the fastest growing retailers in

Europe will open a new regional headquarters and distribution center in Alamance

County. The project will create 80 new full-time jobs and 120 hourly positions while

Lidl also plans to invest more than $125 million in the County during the next three

years. Lidl currently operates nearly 10,000 stores in 26 countries throughout Europe.

Their philosophy is focusing on offering customers top quality fresh goods and grocery

products at the most competitive pricing in convenient locations. The project was

made possible in part by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina

Fund of up to $250,000. The One NC Fund provides financial assistance through local governments to

attract business projects that will stimulate economic activity and create new jobs in the state. Companies

receive no money up front and must meet job creation and investment performance standards to qualify

for grant funds. These grants also require and are contingent upon local matches. In addition to NC

Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of NC, other partners that helped with the Lidl

project included the North Carolina Department of Transportation, North Carolina Community College

System, NC Rural Economic Development Division, the Golden Leaf Foundation, NCWorks, Elon

University, City of Graham, City of Mebane, Alamance County, the Alamance County Area Chamber of

Commerce, and the Alamance County Economic Development Foundation.

Making a Difference by Connecting Talent to Jobs

The Alamance NCWorks Career Center is helping Cambro of Mebane connect talent to jobs and eliminate

much time and expense in the process. The center carries out human resource functions such as

accepting applications on company behalf, scheduling

interviews upon their request, organizing job fairs,

providing space to conduct interviews. In collaboration

Alamance Community College (ACC) developed

customized trainings known as the "Cambro Way" to

be offered to the selected hires in order to assure they

understood the specific manufacturing process,

required goals, and overall company expectations.

NCWorks staff utilized Workforce Investment Act

(WIA) funding to create On-the-Job Training (OJT)

plans so Cambro could leverage resources that would

help save the company additional training costs

associated with the hiring and training of new

employees. The Director of the Alamance Chamber

and Economic Development continued to assure

information and resources were delivered to the business as proposed. Cambro recognized these partners

for helping make a difference in their location to the area.

Alamance

NCWorks Center

2640 Columbine

Burlington, NC

(336) 570-6800

Montgomery

NCWorks Center

1011 Page St

Troy, NC

(910) 572-3641

Moore

NCWorks Center

245 Shepherd

Trail

Aberdeen, NC

(910) 944-7697

Orange

NCWorks Center

503 West

Franklin St

Chapel Hill, NC

(919) 969-3032

Randolph

Career Center

600 South

Fayetteville St

Asheboro, NC

(336) 625-5128

JULY 2015 JOBSLETTER

Issue #15

Tammy Wall (WIOA), Lisa Arnette (NCWorks Manager),

Hank Williams (DWS), Mac Williams (Alamance Chamber/ EDC)

Equal Opportunity Employer/ Program with Auxiliary Aids and Services Available to Individuals with Disabilities

(336) 629-5141 // Relay NC 711

Alamance

NCWorks Center

2640 Columbine

Burlington, NC

(336) 570-6800

Montgomery

NCWorks Center

1011 Page St

Troy, NC

(910) 572-3641

Moore

NCWorks Center

245 Shepherd

Trail

Aberdeen, NC

(910) 944-7697

Orange

NCWorks Center

503 West

Franklin St

Chapel Hill, NC

(919) 969-3032

Randolph

Career Center

600 South

Fayetteville St

Asheboro, NC

(336) 625-5128

NORTH CAROLINA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES May 2015 North Carolina Department of Commerce

Labor & Economic Analysis Division

*State Unemployment Rate 5.9%

County Labor Force Unemployed Rate

Alamance 79,346 4,251 5.4%

Montgomery 11,638 723 6.2%

Moore 38,599 2,270 5.9%

Orange 75,830 3,623 4.8%

Randolph 68,816 3,879 5.6%

www.regionalpartnershipwdb.org

TriadWorks

Consortium

Regional Partnership WDB

PO Box 1883 // 221 S. Fayetteville St.

Asheboro, NC 27204

(336) 629-5141

Jobs Report Note: Not Seasonally Adjusted Data

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

became law effective July 1st, 2015 replacing the former

Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The new law as enacted

continues to assure that federal dollars will be spent to

assist both individuals and employers with a variety of

employment and training services. WIOA is intended to

focus on preparing workers with the skills needed to meet

both short term and long term employment goals. The WIOA

law was passed to increase the number of employed

workers, improve access to education or skills training to

strengthen the overall quality and capabilities of the

workforce, and to help provide support services in overall

efforts of economic development. WIOA employment and

training Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth program

services are available statewide through NCWorks Career

Centers. The Regional Partnership encourages individuals

that are seeking employment, or may be considering

educational or skill upgrades for employment to contact their

local NCWorks Career Center to the left of this article for

additional information. WIOA is helping prepare tomorrows

workforce today.