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Region Description
Serving:
14 counties, 15 cities and 5,577 Square Miles
Two population centers:
Lafayette/West Lafayette: 88,362Kokomo: 46,074Much of the region is rural.
NCI WIRED Key Strategies:
Creating a Culture of EntrepreneurshipCreating Globally Competitive Industry ClustersAdvanced Manufacturing
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Advanced Materials
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Agribusiness
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Developing 21st Century TalentWeaving Supportive Civic Networks
Promising Practices
1. Creation of the Opportunity Fund2. Practicing Strategic Doing
 EXPLORED and developed ideas about
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what we could do togetherFOCUSED on initiatives and chose what to do
•ALIGNEDresourcesandpartnerstospecic•
initiatives.EXECUTED & measured results through
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evaluations.
3. Communication
 Investments, metrics, narrative reportand successes on our website
Results of the Region:
Metric data through March 31, 2009 
Individuals Beginning Workforce TrainingGOAL: 8,768ACTUAL: 15,118Individuals Completing Workforce TrainingGOAL: 6,117ACTUAL: 7,600
#ofDegrees/CerticatesIssued
GOAL: 690ACTUAL: 1,198# of Individuals PlacedGOAL: 2,510ACTUAL: 3,165
We met throughout the region with our teamsand with the communities
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