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Credentials · retention · wages
Heritage & Opportunity AlliancePreserving Heritage · Building Opportunity · Organizing Community PowerCommittee 02 deep dive
Workforce, Enterprise, Agriculture, Marine Industries & Economic Development
Current working chair: Kodey Johnson. This page presents the committee’s complete causal model, operating portfolio, outcomes, and measurement framework.
Purpose
Its role in the Heritage & Opportunity Alliance system
Committee 2 is Heritage & Opportunity Alliance’s economic conversion engine. It builds a ladder from exposure to skills, credentials, paid experience, employment, wage progression, enterprise, and ownership, combining major regional sectors with East Stuart’s historical ties to agriculture, fishing, and maritime work.
Formal IF → THEN
IF residents receive industry intelligence, skills, credentials, paid experience, financial capability, capital access, and pathways to productive land, equipment, and markets, THEN employment can become wage progression, enterprise, and ownership rather than a one-time placement.
The factual case
Why this committee is necessary.
- Martin County’s employer base includes 6,400 establishments, 67,697 jobs, and $3.36 billion in annual payroll.
- The county includes 19,285 nonemployer establishments, showing the importance of microenterprise and self-employment.
- In 2022, Martin County had 588 farms, 179,342 acres, and $121 million in agricultural products sold; a marine wage baseline must still be established before numeric targets are set.
Strategic program portfolio
What Heritage & Opportunity Alliance does, why it matters, and what gets measured.
Marine & Fisheries Pathway
Captain and deckhand work, marine mechanics, electrical, fiberglass, seafood, aquaculture, charter, and tourism.
Trainees · licenses · placements · firmsAgriculture & Food Enterprise
Farm skills, ag-tech, irrigation, equipment, food safety, logistics, and agribusiness.
Trainees · acres · sales · jobsGrow West / Market East
Connect productive western-county land to East Stuart aggregation, markets, and distribution.
Acres · buyers · sales · distributionNeighborhood Enterprise
Contracting, historic rehabilitation, food, retail, creative, and professional services.
Firms · survival · revenue · jobsProcurement & Capital Readiness
Bookkeeping, credit, bids, certifications, procurement, and lender or investor preparation.
Contracts · capital · certificationsOwnership Ladder
Worker to skilled worker, manager, entrepreneur, and asset owner.
Stage advancement · assets ownedOutcome ladder
What success looks like over time.
- 01Near-term
Residents complete industry-aligned training; employers participate; businesses become procurement and capital ready.
- 02Intermediate
Credentials, placements, retention, wage gains, contracts, agriculture and marine placements, and business launches rise.
- 03Long-term
Residents advance into management, business ownership, productive land, equipment, and employer roles.
- 04Impact
East Stuart residents capture more regional economic activity through wages, contracts, businesses, and productive assets.
KPI scorecard
How the committee proves progress.
Current planning anchor: 100 combined job-placement, business-start or support, and contract outcomes is the organization-wide 2036 planning anchor. Agriculture and marine targets follow baseline and partner confirmation.
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