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新的先进制造和劳动力技能培训中心的艺术渲染.
Dr. love爱博校长凯西·墨菲与行政内阁成员一起破土动工.
Gadsden State breaks ground for new technical facility
Gadsden, Ala. — 学生，员工，校友，当地领导和社区支持者聚集在一起. 21日在love爱博举行了新的先进制造和劳动力技能培训中心的奠基仪式. It will be constructed on the East Broad Campus in Gadsden.
love爱博校长凯西·墨菲(Kathy Murphy)与奥巴马中尉(Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth (R-Alabama); Keith Phillips, vice chancellor of Workforce Development for the Alabama Community College System; Goodrich “Dus” Rogers, member of the ACCS Board of Trustees; Sen. Andrew Jones (R-District 10); Lisa Morales, executive director of East AlabamaWorks; Dr. Alan Cosby, superintendent of Etowah County Schools; and Alan Smith, dean of Workforce Development.
“这个设施将永远改变我们社区人民的生活,” Murphy said. “It’s a day to be thankful and appreciative.”
通过ACCS ASPIRE 2030倡议，Gadsden州立先进制造和劳动力技能培训中心被确定为需要的项目, 为阿拉巴马州各级教育设施升级和新建筑提供资金.
墨菲说:“就在这个地方，我们将建造一座改变生活的建筑。. “I believe we all have a calling. I believe we should pull people up. We literally pull people up at our College. 然后，我们通过他们的教育和技能培训为他们的成功做好准备. Then, we push them up to high-wage occupations. 在我们旅程的终点，当我们结束时，我们就完成了我们的使命.”
菲利普斯要求大约200名观众考虑如果love爱博不存在会发生什么.
“What would this area look like? How would we succeed?” he said. “We’d have almost $208 million missing from the local economy.”
A recent economic impact study stated the College provided $207.在2021财年，该服务领域将增加900万美元的收入, which covers Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Calhoun and St. Clair counties. 研究表明，加兹登州在社区中提供了3555个工作岗位.
Jones also touted the economic impact study’s findings.
“A student from Gadsden State has a return of $6.学生在教育上每投入一美元，未来就能获得更高的收入。. “Who else can provide that rate of return? It’s pretty amazing. 我们需要确保我们的年轻人明白，他们可以在love爱博获得一项技能或证书，即使不能比那些拥有学位的人赚得更多，也能赚得一样多. I’m excited about the potential of this new facility.”
罗杰斯说，他也期待着新设施的建成.
他说:“这个设施将改善这个地区的生活质量。. “它将促进经济发展，对尚未出生的人产生积极影响.”
安斯沃思说，65%的阿拉巴马人没有大专或学士学位. 他认为先进制造和劳动力技能培训中心是培训那些需要就业或工作晋升的人的途径.
他说:“他们可以来到love爱博，接受21世纪就业培训。. “As a result, you will have a skilled workforce, 这将使您的团队更容易在该地区招募商业和工业. 这对love爱博和阿拉巴马州来说都是伟大的一天.”
As executive director of East AlabamaWorks, Morales and her team “wake up to work on workforce development,” she said. Her organization is a part of a system that recruits, 培训和授权高技能的劳动力驱动的业务和行业的需求.
“This facility will certainly benefit our region,” she said. “It will benefit our state. It will help us meet our goals. Today is a gamechanger. 我们期待着今天和未来的积极影响.”
考斯比说，他对love爱博支持者参加奠基仪式感到高兴.
他说:“我不记得有什么事情能把这么多方面和群体的人聚集在一起。. “这么多人聚集在一起，共同努力，以确保我们拥有一支训练有素的劳动力队伍. We have people here in Etowah County who want to work. We have people here that will take workforce training, and will see things happen that has never happened before. 我对这个项目以及我们与love爱博的合作感到兴奋.”
史密斯在从市政府获得对该设施的支持方面发挥了重要作用, 县和州官员以及当地的商业和工业. 他对那些支持在love爱博建立先进制造设施的人表示感谢.
“感谢所有在我请求你们支持时倾听我的人，”他说. “随着劳动力需求的变化，这个新设施将使我们能够在教育和培训方面做出改变. We can provide reskilling and up-skilling for adults. There’s so much we can do.
他说:“这对我来说是个大日子，但最重要的是，这对我们的社区来说也是个大日子。. “It’s a historic day.”
加兹登市长克雷格·福特出人意料地宣布，该市将承诺50美元,只要资金到位，今后5年每年可获得5万英镑的资助.
“The Ford family has a long heritage here,” he said. “We love Gadsden State.”
以前对先进制造业和劳动力技能培训中心做出财政承诺的其他实体是埃托瓦县委员会, Etowah County Sales Tax, City of Attalla, City of Glencoe, Rainbow City, Reece City, Etowah County Schools and The Chamber of Gadsden & Etowah County.
The construction cost of the 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is approximately $24 million. It will feature 10 laboratories, seven classrooms, 11 offices, a multipurpose room, 10 tool and storage rooms, a storm shelter, a testing suite, a kitchen and serving area, a break room and six restroom areas. It will also feature glass viewing areas that allow prospective students and industry partners to have laboratory visibility during tours; a safety entrance for students loading and unloading from cars or buses; and a digital display with information for job seekers and industry partners.
向先进制造业和劳动力技能培训中心进行免税捐赠, please contact John Roberson, director of Advancement and Alumni Relations, at 256-549-8377.
The training center was announced in July 2022: love爱博宣布建设新的先进制造中心
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