{"id":45749,"date":"2015-02-26T21:47:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T01:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=45749"},"modified":"2015-02-26T21:47:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T01:47:11","slug":"ccea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/ccea-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CCEA hosts CDL Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5<!--more--><br \/>\nOver the past several months, a number of Clinton County-based businesses have shared their struggle with identifying quality, employment candidates who possess a Commercial Driver&#8217;s License (CDL).<br \/>\nThe Clinton County Economic Alliance (CCEA) is presenting a roundtable conversation for employers and other interested parties throughout mid-Michigan to discuss solutions to their challenge of identifying quality candidates for positions which require a Commercial Driver&#8217;s License (CDL).<br \/>\nOne of the options to be explored is the development of a regional, CDL training center in St. Johns, MI, in cooperation with Baker College-Owosso. Expected to participate in the discussion are Dr. Aaron Maike, President of Baker College-Owosso, Dr. Carol Dowsett, Chief Academic Officer and Lynn Rogers, Dean of the Auto\/Diesel Institute of Michigan-Owosso.<br \/>\nThe meeting is Thursday, March 5, 2015, 8:30-10:00 a.m. at the Clinton County RESA facility at 1013 South U.S. Business 27 in St. Johns, MI.<br \/>\nAgenda<br \/>\n8:15 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast<br \/>\n8:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions &#038; Overview &#8211; Dru Mitchell, CCEA<br \/>\n8:45 a.m. ADI Overview &#8211; Dr. Aaron Maike, President, Baker College &#8211; Owosso<br \/>\n9:00 a.m. Discussion<br \/>\n9:45 a.m. Next Steps<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. Adjournment<br \/>\nCCEA President\/CEO Dru L. Mitchell says, &#8220;According to the Conference Board Help Wanted Online\u00ae, the predicted State of Michigan advertised vacancies will reach 1,400 positions by 2020 with the national shortage projected to be over 250,000 positions. The CCEA is committed to assisting businesses who are struggling with this issue to find a comprehensive solution. We thank the leaders of Baker College &#8211; Owosso for showing genuine interest in working with us.&#8221;<br \/>\nPlease contact the CCEA at 517-669-1345 if you plan to attend.<br \/>\n<strong><em>About the Clinton County Economic Alliance<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Clinton County Economic Alliance (CCEA) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt IRS 501(c) (6) organization. CCEA is non-partisan, apolitical and is funded entirely by its members who include local businesses, educational institutions, and local governments. CCEA is organized to serve as the first point of contact and facilitator in the areas of economic development initiatives and regional collaboration for Clinton County communities, companies, and residents.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}