Northeast Workforce Alliance

The Northeast Workforce Alliance is a forum composed of three northeastern North Carolina Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) and the primary economic development organization in the northeast region. Member Workforce Development Boards are the Northeastern WDB located in Hertford, the Region Q WDB located in Washington and the Turning Point WDB located in Rocky Mount, and the economic development member is North Carolina’s Northeast Commission located in Edenton.

The Alliance was formed in 2008 to develop processes and infrastructures to formalize regional collaboration and limit addressing workforce development (aka workforce preparedness) and economic development issues on an ad hoc basis each time a demand is placed on the economic and workforce development systems. Together, the two systems in the northeast region form an alliance dedicated to working regionally toward greater prosperity for workers, job seekers and the business community.  This greater prosperity can best be achieved through broad cooperation and collaboration among members that will ensure near immediate response readiness to economic development opportunities. Those opportunities may be represented by new local business that brings jobs, by existing local business that expands and creates more jobs, or even an existing local business that needs some economic intervention in order to survive a temporary business downturn and avoid closure.

North Carolina’s Northeast Commission and the Northeastern, Region Q and Turning Point Workforce Development Boards are working daily as a regional collaborative body to promote economic opportunity and prosperity for the people and businesses of northeastern North Carolina.  The Northeast Commission strives to create and retain jobs, and the Workforce Development Boards complement the Commission’s economic development efforts by ensuring that local workers are trained and prepared for those jobs.