Building a talent base to drive prosperity.

The Metro Denver (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) WIRED Initiative is a partnership among industry, workforce, education, and economic development in the nine-county Metro Denver region.

WIRED and its partners are implementing transformational and sustainable changes in our education and workforce systems to enhance our region’s global competitiveness. WIRED is strengthening the talent pipeline at all levels to produce a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for some of the region’s fastest growing, high-wage, industries that are also experiencing labor shortages – aerospace, bioscience, energy, and information technology-software.

Funded partially by a four-year, $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, WIRED has invested in 25 programs that enhance partnerships among business, education, and the public workforce system, as well as promote STEM education in our schools. WIRED also continues to build upon existing partnerships and to leverage public and private funding to sustain its work well beyond the life of the grant.

Learn more about the Metro Denver WIRED and the national WIRED initiative.