JOBS AND ECONOMIC SELF-RELIANCE
We enrich lives by improving economic mobility and opportunity for individuals and families through access to job training , career development and financial / digital services .
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
The Larry H . & Gail Miller Family Foundation provided a $ 500,000 grant for an investment project in rural Utah spearheaded by the Southeastern Regional Development Agency and the Utah Regional Growth Association . The grant will help address the capital gap many rural communities across the state are facing as federal regulations require coal plants to shut down .
The project focuses on advanced energy research , manufacturing innovation , entrepreneurial ecosystem support , and workforce diversification in Carbon , Emery , Grand and San Juan counties .
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This funding is the first step in institutionalizing the private financial vehicles needed to ensure that coal-reliant communities like Carbon County and Emery County don ’ t die a slow death .
– Jade Powell Executive Director , The Utah Regional Growth Association
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