Through a Regional Innovation Grant (RIG) awarded by the US Department of Labor, the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, in collaboration with its partners, the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board and Southern New Hampshire Workforce Opportunity Council, is working on an initiative to support the sustainability of our regional manufacturing industry.

Despite declines in manufacturing nationwide and across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire, the manufacturing sector remains of critical importance to our regional economy.   This Grant will align workforce and economic development resources to establish common goals to serve as the foundation for development of a strategic plan to effectively address the impact of the decline in the manufacturing industry.