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Goal • Deliver transformative educational experiences
Why Education?
The Tri-Cities boasts high levels of volunteerism, non-profit involvement, retirees, PhDs, STEM/STEAM education, institutions of higher learning and trade schools. Education and industry have formed a hub of knowledge-building and partnership that can be further leveraged.
Community Value
- Increased quality of life
- Stronger community collaboration
- Stronger employment base and larger talent pools
- Attractive to employers
- Increased retention rates
- Stable economy
Supporting Trends
- Rising poverty in suburbs, where a large percentage of workers are without advanced education or vocational training
- Bifurcation of income levels is seen as a major deterrent to healthy communities
- People get hired for the technical skills and fired for the soft skills
- Our region is positioned for creating strategic higher education initiatives (e.g. PNNL and WSU)
- Tri-Cities has an educated workforce that needs to be leveraged
- Utilize the retirement community for “re-impact” to leverage their abundance of knowledge to mentor students
myTRI 2030 Education Council
Evangelina Shreeve, Chair
LoAnn Ayers
Deb Bowen
Nick Bumpous
Lee Colclasure
Kyle Cox
Sandra Haynes
Samantha May
Traci Pierce
Shelley Redinger
Michelle Whitney
Rebekah Woods
We need your help …
To identify People, and Organizations with knowledge / interest in, or Projects currently underway in Education