Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

TO MARKET THE 10 COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA AS A PRIME LOCATION FOR BUSINESS AND TALENT.

ALONG WITH OUR AFFILIATES AND OUR REGIONAL INVESTOR COUNCIL PARTNERS WE HAVE GROWN OUR ECONOMY BY SECURING BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND IMPROVING TALENT AVAILABILITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DIVERSE TALENT. -SECURED 36 WINS, 2,366 NEW JOBS, 638 RETAINED JOBS AND $331 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPED A GROWING PIPELINE OF 163 ACTIVE LEADS AND PROJECTS, REPRESENTING 20,771 NEW AND 631 RETAINED JOBS AND$7.3 BILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT. -LEVERAGED PITTSBURGH REGION "NEXT IS NOW" TO GET OUR MESSAGE TO BUSINESS DECISION-MAKERS IN TARGET SECTORS, INCLUDING DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRAND IN FIVE DOMESTIC MARKETS, NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND PITTSBURGH. LAUNCHED A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AND BLOG, AND NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS THAT GENERATED 84 PIECES OF EARNED MEDIA WITH A TOTAL REACH OF ALMOST 600 MILLION, ACROSS NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND TRADE PUBLICATIONS. -IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RELEASED FOREFRONT: SECURING PITTSBURGH'S BREAKOUT POSITION IN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEMS, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY FUNDED BY THE RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION TO OUTLINE THE COORDINATED, REGIONAL INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY THAT IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PITTSBURGH SECURES A BREAKOUT POSITION IN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEMS, PROJECTED TO BE A $1 TRILLION GLOBAL INDUSTRY BY 2026. STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING ADVANCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEY REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS. -SUCCESSFULLY WORKED WITH THE GREAT LAKES METRO CHAMBERS COALITION TO ENDORSE THE ENDLESS FRONTIERS ACT (NOW CALLED U.S. INNOVATION AND COMPETITION ACT), WHICH WILL DEVELOP AN ANNUAL STRATEGY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS IN SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL AS PROVIDE $52 BILLION WORTH OF INCENTIVES TO ADDRESS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND INCREASE SEMICONDUCTOR/MICROCHIP PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. -CONTINUED TO GROW THE PITTSBURGH PASSPORT PROGRAM DURING THE PANDEMIC, WITH A CUMULATIVE TOTAL ENGAGEMENT OF MORE THAN 5,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM 41 COUNTRIES AND 39 STATES, MORE THAN 40% OF WHICH ARE DIVERSE TALENT, EXPOSING THEM TO POST-GRADUATION CAREER AND QUALITY OF LIFE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE PITTSBURGH REGION. DURING YEAR ONE, WE COLLECTED DATA ON THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON DECISIONS TO ACCEPT JOBS IN THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND DEMONSTRATED THAT IT INCREASED JOB OFFER-TO-HIRE RATIOS FOR OUR LARGEST COMPANIES BY MORE THAN 30%. (WE DID NOT COLLECT SIMILAR DATA DURING THE TWO PANDEMIC PIVOT YEARS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO HOLD IN-PERSON IMMERSION EVENTS IN THE REGION FOR STUDENTS, A KEY TO THE SELL.) HAVING DEMONSTRATED PROOF OF CONCEPT, GOING FORWARD THE PASSPORT IS TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF AN INTENSIFIED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ENGAGING COLLEGE TALENT WITH EMPLOYERS, ARTS/RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS FROM DAY 1 ON CAMPUS TO GRADUATION. IN 2021 WE BEGAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIATIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2022. -LAID THE GROUNDWORK TO LAUNCH A REMOTE WORKER ATTRACTION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON HIGH-DEMAND TALENT AS PART OF AN OVERALL TALENT ATTRACTION PROGRAM TO HELP ADDRESS ONGOING LABOR FORCE AND POPULATION CHALLENGES THAT ACCELERATED DURING THE PANDEMIC. WORKED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD OUT A COALITION OF PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY NETWORKS NEEDED TO RETAIN TALENT. -GREW AN ACTIVE TALENT COUNCIL TO MORE THAN 50 MEMBERS THAT SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN DEI, WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND RECRUITING, AND COLLABORATE ON TALENT ATTRACTION AND RETENTION. CONNECTED 40+ MEMBER COMPANIES TO THREE NATIONAL TALENT ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND CONNECTION TO DIVERSE TALENT PIPELINES. ACTIVELY MANAGING A PIPELINE OF MORE THAN 20 ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR TALENT WITH A FOCUS ON DIVERSE TALENT. -LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TO SPECIFICALLY RETAIN AND SUPPORT LOCAL STARTUPS IN THE REGION AND SHAPE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL GROWTH AND EXPANSION NEEDS. - PARTNERED WITH VIBRANT PITTSBURGH ON THE 2021 VIBRANT INDEX TO PROVIDE A REGIONAL SNAPSHOT OF EMPLOYERS' DEI PRACTICES. PARTICIPATION IN THE INDEX INCREASED FROM 51 ORGANIZATIONS IN 2020 TO 78 IN 2021.