Illinois Central College to break ground on $12 million Workforce Sustainability Center
Illinois
Central College to break ground on $12 million Workforce Sustainability
Center
Illinois Central College will
host a groundbreaking ceremony for the college’s new Workforce Sustainability
Center on Thursday, October 28 at 10 am. Remarks and the ceremonial “turning of
the soil” will take place at the East Peoria
Campus’ Performing Arts Center (PAC), due to expected rain. Visitors
attending the groundbreaking ceremony should park in Lot C next to the PAC. All
CDC guidelines will be observed for safety. Face masks are required. The
ceremony will also be live-streamed on the College’s YouTube channel.
ICC’s new $12
million addition will be a centralized facility
with state-of-the-art training and educational resources to help
grow and maintain a more highly skilled workforce throughout Central
Illinois.
“In Greater Peoria, 60 percent of jobs require a
credential past high school. Currently, only 40 percent of adults in
the region have a post-secondary credential. This project is part of a
statewide drive to raise the Illinois percentage of credentialed workforce to
60 percent by the year 2025,” said Illinois Central College
President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey.
The Center will be located near East Peoria Campus’
Dirksen Hall and house several highly sought-after and in-demand career
programs such as Geothermal/HVAC, Truck Driving Training, Solar Installation,
Highway Construction, and Manufacturing Training programs, as well as
additional current and future credentialed programs.
Contributors to the Center
include the Barton Family, CEFCU, CORE Construction, Gilmore Foundation,
John Graham & Associates, KMI Warehouses/Kriegsman Family, Pekin Insurance,
Uftring Weston, and Wells Fargo. The Gilmore Foundation is
encouraging others to give toward the campaign
as it will match its pledge once
ICC reaches $900,000 of its $1 million goal. Funding provided by the Federal EDA, State, and ICC
has also helped make the project possible.
First-time students, along with
students seeking a career change, will benefit from the Workforce
Sustainability Center. The Center will be a tremendous asset for our region’s
economy to attract new investment, support, and growth with a ready and skilled
talent pool for years to come.
For more information on the
Workforce Sustainability Center, visit icc.edu/wsc.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Kayla Thompson
Lead Coordinator,
Communications & Media Relations
Office: (309)
694-5527
Cell: (309) 218-9933
Email: PR@icc.edu
Media resources: icc.edu/news/media-resources/
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