A more balanced economy could help reduce the gap.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/personal-finance/article215335440.html
Article by Paul Kenny in the Idaho Business Review
The US can’t keep up with demand for health aides, nurses and doctors.
The US will need to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 in order to adequately take care of its aging population, a new report finds.
But a persistent shortage of skilled workers — from nurses to physicians to lab technicians — will mean hundreds of thousands of positions will remain unfilled…
“In local economies, the retail industry could present one of the largest pools of labor for health care systems to effectively retain workers for jobs such as home health aides,” he said.
The SVED Board of Directors will meet this coming Wednesday July 18th at 11:30 am in the upstairs conference room at Zion’s Bank, 311 N Main, Ketchum.
SVED meetings are open to the public. The Board of Directors meet every other month at the time and location noted above.
The Supreme Court took a step toward leveling the playing field between bricks and mortar and online retailers. This is welcome news for our local business community.
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In the Mountain Express
Article by: Karen Bossick
They’d come to learn about the state of Blaine County’s economy.
But the quarterly meeting of the Sun Valley Economic Development hadn’t even gotten underway when attendees began grousing about a familiar subject—lack of housing for middle-income workers.
