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Go topeka promotes economic development which is vital to the growth and prosperity of topeka/shawnee county. Go topeka creates opportunities for innovation and economic diversity and vibrancy that positively impacts current and future citizens of topeka and shawnee county. This is accomplished by attracting companies, providing existing companies with the knowledge and resources to reach their highest potential, and cultivating entrepreneurial development and growth.

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Go topeka understands in order to provide a quality workforce, focus must be placed not only on workforce development, but on talent attraction, employee retention, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Talent initiatives focus on growing, retaining and attracting talent and educating our current community members to ensure a competitive future workforce for topeka and shawnee county. We develop and grow partnerships between community members, businesses, and schools, from early childhood education to post-secondary institutions; ensuring that education and training providers are well-aligned and have the resources they need to prepare the community's residents of all ages for college and careers.

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Assisting start-ups or growing small businesses with a priority toward the minority-owned, women-owned and/or low to moderate income entrepreneur. This also includes cultivating and growing potential primary employers. Industry focus is placed on biosciences (animal health and agricultural technology) and building an ecosytem that supports startups, corporate partners and entrepreneurs with the goal to attract capital investments and talent to create jobs and increase wages.

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Choose topeka-remote worker program - the choose topeka relocation incentive is designed to attract on site and remote workers to shawnee county. Up to 60 candidates will be selected a year. The on site incentive is funded in part through employer matching funds. Not all employers in shawnee county participate in the incentive.