The group that wants to revitalize manufacturing on Long Island will hold its second meeting on Wednesday. That gathering will continue the discussion on the various governmental economic development programs that local manufacturers can access for capital.
The group consists of the Hauppauge Industrial Association and local members of the state group the Aerospace and Defense Diversification Alliance in Peacetime Transition. The group held its first meeting on Feb. 27. As with the first meeting, the next meeting takes place at Suffolk Community College’s Sally Ann Slacke Center. It starts at 8 a.m.
Ed Pruitt, a co-chair of the initiative, has stressed that local manufacturing still offers plenty of well-paying jobs but too few people know it. His goal is to make manufacturing “cool” again.