Ethan Mansfield of Idaho Department of Labor presentation on economic trends in Southern Idaho Southern Idaho presented at Southern Idaho Economic Development Organizations 15th Annual Summit.
13. 8%
27%
41%
17%
6%
8%
28%
43%
16%
5%
14-21 22-34 35-54 55-64 65-99
WORKFORCE BY AGE COHORT
SIEDO Idaho
SIEDO Region:
• 23% of the working
population is above the
age of 55
• 6% of the working
population is above the
age of 65
Idaho State:
• 21% of the working
population is above the
age 55
• 5% of the working
population is above the
age of 65
22. How Can we Help?
• Attract and Retain Talented Workers (or any workers)
• Choose Idaho campaign
• Local Policy that encourages workers to stay and attracts new ones (i.e. what
does your target audience want in a community?)
• Create Talent Pipelines within the community
• Amenities Matter to Migration
• What does a new generation look for?
• Infrastructure is important
• Physical Infrastructure
• Roads, Railways, Air Service
• Virtual Infrastructure
• Broadband
23. Ryan Armbruster – Elam & Burke
• I think a complete look-see at what [other] local communities … do is
going to be tough because if you look at some of the other legislative
provisions that have come into play over the last five to six years, it’s
all gone the other way. The legislature has come down and said [local
communities] can’t regulate Uber, they can’t regulate firearms, and
it’s just restricting what you at the local level, [you] who are voting for
your councilmen or your county commissioners, can do because the
state has preempted so many of the important parts that make
communities local.