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Northwood Tech hosts HOMES workforce innovation grant roundtable event
19 Sep 2022
News, St. Croix
Northwood Technical College hosted a roundtable event Thursday, Sept. 15, at the college’s New Richmond campus conference center. Employers, Impact Seven and Northwood Tech staff discussed grant details and planning to utilize the $9.8 million Housing Opportunity and Mobile Education Solutions (HOMES) Wisconsin Innovation Grant.
Also in attendance was the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Secretary Missy Hughes, Department of Workforce Development Assistant Deputy Secretary Danielle Williams, WEDC Workforce Innovation Grants Project Manager Trenton Kranz and Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority Assistant Deputy Secretary Jessica Boling.
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