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New Space Challenges: Bring ‘Em On!
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Lisa Rice is president of Brevard Workforce. For more information visit
www.bwbd.org
Brevard Anticipates and Responds
On the heals of President Obama’s visit to Brevard addressing how the Space Coast is going to play into NASA’s future, about 200 local stakeholders took the first step in coming together for some community activism, regardless of the eventual outcomes of NASA’s new direction.
discussions started with perspectives from the people on the leading edge of responsi- bility in the areas of schools, our economy, our aerospace industry, county services, and help for the workforce. We’re estimat- ing 6,000 – 9,000 direct job losses once the final shuttle mission is complete, with the potential for another 14,000 indirect jobs outside the gates.
Follow-On Employment For employees of shuttle contractors,
THOUSAND DIRECT JOB LOSSES
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estimated once final shuttle mission is complete.
concerned citizens alike came to Overcoming the Space Challenge through Regional Innovations to learn about the challenges we face, and enlist their ideas and resources into a strategic plan for Brevard’s transition.
Leaders provided insight before the group divided into
panels on topics including government, worker assistance and new narratives that will define our community. The frank
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the first and most immediate issue is follow-on employment. Brevard Workforce has been engaged for more than three years, developing an industry council to help craft programs and initia- tives at the local, state and federal levels that will best serve the affected workforce. We’ve reached out regionally to determine what types of jobs along the High Tech Corridor are available for those who will
be dislocated, and how we can best prepare, retrain and connect them to potential jobs. There has been a spike in registration on the Aerospace
Workforce Transition website in requests for training and coun- seling services through the career center we’ve set up at the Kennedy Space Center. Frontline workforce services are in place and running. United Space Alliance, the main shuttle contractor at KSC, along with Space Florida and the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast, are all working toward bring- ing new aerospace activities here. Space Florida’s goal is to leverage assets we have in place – as well as those being developed – to diversify and eventually grow Florida’s aerospace industry threefold.
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