EDAWN offers job training grants
by Nathaniel Motshabi Outpost contributor
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The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) recruits and expands quality companies that have a positive economic impact on the quality of life in Reno/Sparks and Lake Tahoe areas.
Chuck Alvey, the authority's president, said EDAWN can offer small business owners in Nevada professional guidance if the firms meet certain qualifications.
Small businesses can qualify for the authority's assistance if they offer high-technology and high-paying jobs to improve the community's standard of living, Alvey said.
EDAWN, which is funded 40 percent by state and local governments and 60 percent by private companies, has tax and training incentives for beginning and expanding businesses.
One of the authority's programs, Train Employees Now, provides short-term, skills-based intensive job training to assist new and expanding firms to reach productivity goals quickly. The state pays 75 percent of the training costs for employees up to $1,000.
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5190 Neil Road, Suite 111 Phone: (702) 829-3700 Fax: (702) 829-3710 Email: edawn@nevadanet.com |
In addition to training, the authority can offer businesses with at least 10 full-time employees partial sales and use tax exemptions on machinery and equipment purchases provided they pay their workers the state-approved average hourly wages, currently at least $13.37 an hour.
Posted Nov.18, 1998
Copyright 1998 Nevada Oupost
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