St. Tammany Corporation has earned major professional honors for the fifth consecutive year in the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Excellence in Economic Development Awards, which were announced at the inaugural Recognition Night event at the organization’s Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas.
St. Tammany Corporation was honored with the following awards for Economic Excellence: SILVER: Northshore Healthscape – Innovation Programs & Initiatives (Population 200,000 to 500,000); and SILVER: Workforce Roundtable — Partnerships with Educational Institutions (Population 200,000 to 500,000).
Chris Masingill, St. Tammany Corporation CEO said economic developers serve many roles, but one of the key roles that they fill is that of the connector, bringing partners together to focus on action-oriented solutions.
In May 2022, St. Tammany Corporation launched Northshore Healthscape, a comprehensive, sector-specific three-year pilot program that brings together major healthcare providers in the three-parish Northshore region (St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes) to collaboratively work toward outcomes including increasing workforce and talent capacity and proactively engaging partners and resources to address the most pressing needs for sustainability in the healthcare sector.
In 2018, St. Tammany Corporation formalized working relationships between local and regional partners from workforce development, higher education, technical training, and K-12 education by forming the St. Tammany Workforce Roundtable, the coordinated partnership which forms the foundation of the organization’s workforce development and talent retention efforts. The Roundtable focuses on workforce and training needs while exploring future opportunities for coordination and programming necessary for the creation and retention of a competitive and skilled workforce.
Both initiatives are led by St. Tammany Corporation Senior Director Ashley Llewellyn.
