Rural workforce attraction and development initiative launched in rural northeastern North Dakota

  • Stacie Sevigny, an eight-year developer with the Red River Regional Council in Grafton, will take on a new role as Director of Workforce Development for Nelson, Pembina, and Walsh Counties.
    Stacie Sevigny, an eight-year developer with the Red River Regional Council in Grafton, will take on a new role as Director of Workforce Development for Nelson, Pembina, and Walsh Counties.

    (GRAFTON, N.D.) A consortium of partners have come together to solidify a rural regional workforce initiative with a two-pronged approach which includes workforce attraction and student work-based learning in rural Region 4, which includes Nelson, Pembina, and Walsh Counties.

    Recent business surveys completed by the Red River Regional Council concluded the need for upward of 1,000 new employees in …