Hughesville, Pa. — On Nov. 11, the Lycoming Profession and Expertise Middle hosted a groundbreaking ceremony that marked the beginning of a serious enlargement and renovation challenge. The challenge is made doable by means of a $5 million funding from the Redevelopment Help Capital Program (RACP).
The occasion featured remarks from govt director Nathan Minium, Senator Gene Yaw, Consultant Joe Hamm, Consultant Jamie Flick, Jason Fink, president and CEO of the Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, and Mike Mamrak, president of the LycoCTC Joint Working Committee.
The enlargement challenge will improve LycoCTC’s capability to fulfill regional workforce wants by including new applications in welding and diesel expertise, relocating the early childhood training program into the primary facility, and rising the varsity’s capability by roughly 150 college students.
“This challenge is greater than a constructing enlargement — it’s an funding in our college students, our neighborhood, and the way forward for our regional workforce,” mentioned Nathan Minium, Government Director of the Lycoming Profession and Expertise Middle. “By including new applications and modernizing our amenities, we’re guaranteeing that extra college students can achieve the abilities and coaching wanted to achieve high-demand industries proper right here in Pennsylvania.”
“The Lycoming County Profession and Expertise Middle has lengthy been a useful resource for workforce growth, serving to college students achieve the hands-on expertise and technical expertise wanted for high-demand jobs proper right here in Pennsylvania,” Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) mentioned. “This enlargement is an funding not solely in college students, however in native companies, our financial system and the long-term vitality of our area.”
“At the moment’s groundbreaking ceremony was a monumental day for Lycoming Profession and Expertise Middle, college students, and workforce growth in our area. I used to be honored to work with Senator Yaw to safe $5 million in RACP funds for a lot wanted renovations at Lycoming Profession and Expertise Middle,” mentioned State Rep. Joe Hamm. “LycoCTC has seen important enrollment will increase in the previous couple of years, and the enlargement challenge will enable them to simply accept much more college students and supply extra Profession and Technical Schooling (CTE) programming. Giving extra college students a possibility to get into applications to obtain glorious technical training is essential to me. LycoCTC is producing the longer term workforce we’d like for essential jobs in our neighborhood, area and commonwealth.”
“This funding in Lycoming CTC is a strong instance of utilizing Redevelopment Help Capital Program funds for future beneficial properties,” mentioned State Rep. Jamie Flick. “This system and amenities, which is able to now develop to simply accept 150 extra college students, will put together a future workforce to be certified, skilled, and empowered in industries which might be in want of employees. I am proud to have supported this funding and to have fun the groundbreaking for Lycoming CTC’s enlargement.”
Positioned on the East Lycoming Faculty District campus in Hughesville, LycoCTC serves college students from six member college districts — Benton, East Lycoming, Loyalsock, Montoursville, Muncy, and Warrior Run. The college, which operates as an impartial native training company (LEA), offers applications that enable roughly 340 college students to attend technical coaching for a part of the day whereas remaining of their dwelling excessive faculties for core lecturers and extracurricular actions.
Initially opened in 2006, LycoCTC consolidated what was as soon as a group of applications unfold throughout Lycoming County right into a single, fashionable facility. Its imaginative and prescient is to be the chief in offering progressive and revolutionary studying experiences that empower the success of a world workforce.
