CDEs created 58,360 jobs in 2018, including 32,917 full-time-equivalent jobs and 25,443 temporary construction jobs. The table below shows jobs by industry and geography.
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Rural Examples
Simply Essentials
Charles City, IA
Created 500 new jobs at a modernized poultry processing plant
Unity Care Northwest
Ferndale, WA
Supported 232 jobs and created 88 construction jobs at an FQHC providing primary medical, dental, behavioral health in Northwest Washington
Klausner Lumber
Enfield, North Carolina
Construction of a new state of the art sawmill facility supported 350 FTE jobs and 746 construction jobs in Enfield, NC.
Vidalia Denim
Vidalia, Louisiana
Financing for new equipment created 330 new jobs at a startup denim manufacturer in Vidalia, LA
Urban Examples
Horizons WaterMark Center
Construction of a social service hub for Boston children, youth, and families created and retained 450 jobs.
Evergreen Health
Supported 729 FTE jobs and 225 construction jobs at an AIDS Services Organization.
Medline Industries
Auburndale, Florida
Created 327 new FTE jobs and 239 construction jobs at a medical device supplier and distributor in Auburndale, FL
Highland Baking
A new baking facility produced 170 new direct jobs in a Spartanburg neighborhood with 47% poverty and 17.4% unemployment.
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VOORMI
Pagosa Springs, CO
VOORMI brings textile manufacturing jobs back to rural America.
Construction of a 26,000 square foot school building that will provide access to high quality early childhood education and care for economically disadvantaged children.
