A study to assess ongoing workforce development efforts in the Savannah region will be conducted in 2026. Regional Industry Support Enterprise (RISE) President and CEO Anna Chafin shared the information Wednesday afternoon during the Savannah Downton Business Association 's (SDBA) October luncheon.

She along with five other workforce development leaders were featured panelists for the discussion topic of "Building Savannah's Workforce." Leading off the panel, SDBA's Executive Director Mia Mance posed the question of Savannah's looming workforce deficits to Chafin. She responded with the data that was shared initially back in 2023's Savannah Joint Development Authority (JDA) (the four-county regional economic development organization) Workforce Study , which was conducted by Wadley

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