The Palm Desert nonprofit plans to shut down at the end of 2026 after a series of lost and delayed funding...
HARC Is Closing After 20 Years
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Workforce
Why the Cost of Building Starts Long Before Construction Does
The price of a new home starts accumulating long before a foundation is poured. Before a builder buys lumber,...
The Workforce We’re Not Counting
Greater Palm Springs’ next source of talent may already be here - in second acts, remote offices, overlooked...
Greater Palm Springs Unemployment Rate Jumps as Summer Slowdown Meets a Weaker U.S. Labor Market
June is never a normal month in Greater Palm Springs. It is the month when the desert’s economic center of...
I-REN: The Little-Known Energy Network Helping Greater Palm Springs Cut Costs and Build for the Future
Through a regional partnership that includes CVAG, I-REN is helping Coachella Valley cities improve public...
Unemployment Falls Across Greater Palm Springs, But The Workforce Shrinks
By late spring, the Greater Palm Springs labor market looked better than it did a year earlier. The regional...
Desert Healthcare District Plans a Bigger Role in Valley Health After Tenet Lease
With nearly $650 million expected over 30 years from the Desert Regional Medical Center lease-purchase...
Indio Planning Commission Slows Oasis Project, But Leaves Path Open For Revised Plan
A proposed 183-acre mixed-use development that could reshape one of North Indio’s most visible freeway gateways...
College of the Desert’s Largest Nursing Class Signals a New Regional Strategy for Solving the Healthcare Workforce Shortage
The Coachella Valley’s healthcare workforce shortage did not develop overnight – and solving it will require...