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Dot Foods' Marc Snyder, Director of Transportation, and Brian Sylvester, Transportation Manager, speak with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about Dot Foods' new Delaware facility, including the current status of operations and short- and long-term plans for growth. This episode is a special #FreightFriday edition of First State Insights, made possible through a partnership of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA) and the Delmarva Freight Working Group. To learn more about Dot Foods, visit dotfoods.com. For more information on the Delmarva Freight Working Group and its programming, visit wilmapco.org/delmarva. This episode was recorded on June 11, 2020. For more about IPA, visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Richard Hernandez, Vice President of Transportation and Warehousing at Perdue Farms, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his role at Perdue Farms, the unique supply chain challenges associated with getting Perdue’s products to market, and how he and his colleagues have been weathering the challenges of COVID-19. This episode is a special #FreightFriday edition of First State Insights, made possible through a partnership of IPA and the Delmarva Freight Working Group. To learn more about Perdue Farms, visit perduefarms.com. For more information on the Delmarva Freight Working Group and its programming, visit wilmapco.org/delmarva. This episode was recorded on June 16, 2020. For more about IPA, visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Leann Moore, a staff member at the Conflict Resolution Program (CRP), speaks with Dabney Brice, a new alumna of the Biden School's Master of Public Administration program and IPA graduate public administration fellow, about how to have conversations with difficult people. View CRP's "Nine Difficult Personalities" handout for additional tips for communicating with each type: https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/content-sub-site/Documents/Difficult-People-CRP-2020.pdf This interview was recorded on May 28, 2020. CRP, a part of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), is a unique resource dedicated to building statewide capacity for collaborative approaches to the resolution of conflict. To learn more about CRP, visit https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/serving-delaware/crp. For more information about the Institute for Public Administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Brett Saddler, Executive Director of the Claymont Renaissance Development Corporation (CRDC), speaks with Phil Barnes, a staff member at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the past, present, and future of Claymont, Delaware. This interview was recorded on May 11, 2020. CRDC is a nonprofit organization promoting strategies for Claymont's economic development and community revitalization. To learn more about Claymont and CRDC, visit www.facebook.com/claymontrenaissance. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Garry Johnson, founder and director of First Founder’s Accelerator, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his background and motivations for starting the Accelerator, the current status of and future plans for the program, and the climate for entrepreneurship in Delaware. First Founder's Accelerator is Delaware’s first startup boot camp designed to train early-stage, under-represented entrepreneurs to develop scalable businesses. The Accelerator's second cohort focused on fintech and financial health. For more information on the Accelerator, visit firstfounders.org and follow it on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. To learn more about fintech in Delaware, review "Delaware in a Fintech Future," a collaborative report by IPA, the First State Fintech Lab, and the Delaware Prosperity Partnership. This episode was recorded on April 23, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Susan Getman, Executive Director, Mid-County Senior Center, talks with Julia O’Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, about the importance of social connections for older Delawareans, particularly during COVID-19. The episode was recorded on May 1, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Lindsay Naylor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences within the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and co-owner and co-founder of Musings Fermentation Underground, talks with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about the state of craft beverage production, challenges faced by small producers, and opportunities for industry growth in Delaware. This episode was recorded on April 18, 2020. For more information on Musings Fermentation Underground, which is an aspiring craft brewery focused on wood-aged wild beers and kombucha, follow them on Instagram and Facebook at musingsfermentation or stop by Midnight Oil Brewing Company (www.midnightoilbrewing.com) to try their kombucha on draft. To stay up to date on Delaware's craft brewing and distilling industry, visit the Delaware Brewers Guild on Facebook. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa
Connie Holland, AICP, Director of the Office of State Planning Coordination (OSPC), and David Edgell, AICP, Principal Planner, OSPC, talk with Sean O'Neill, AICP, Policy Scientist, at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the history and mission of the OSPC in Delaware and their recent update to the Delaware Strategies for State Policies and Spending. This interview was recorded on April 27, 2020. For the most up-to-date information on the Delaware Strategies for State Policies and Spending please visit strategies.stateplanning.delaware.gov. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa
Delaware Prosperity Partnership representatives, Kurt Foreman, President and CEO, Charles Madden, Director of Talent Acquisition, and John Taylor, Director of Economic Research, talk with Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about economic development in Delaware, with a focus on the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This interview was recorded on April 9, 2020. For more information on the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, visit choosedelaware.com. For more information about the Institute for Public Administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
Christina Stauffer, Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Assessment at the University of Delaware and Alanna Mozeik, Policy Lead and Technical Advisor at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services talk with Sean O’Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about the Census 2020 Complete Count effort in Delaware and at the University of Delaware. This interview was recorded on April 6, 2020. For the most up-to-date information on Delaware’s Census 2020 Complete Count effort please visit census.delaware.gov. To access the UDaily article referenced by Christina Stauffer in this episode, visit www.udel.edu/udaily/2020/march/united-states-census-2020/. For more information about the Institute for Public Administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.
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