Well-wishers from across the area turned out last fall for an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cook County Workforce Development Center’s (WDC) 8,000-square-foot addition in Sparks.
The expansion of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s campus provides new library space, classrooms, and space for the General Maintenance Mechanic Technical Certificate of Credit. The program started spring semester 2015.
Holly Greene, the WDC’s associate vice president for operations, said Wiregrass Georgia officials are working hard to get the word out and continue to grow the General Maintenance Mechanic program. This semester, high school students in the Move On When Ready (dual enrollment) program enrolled in the Wiregrass Georgia program.
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President Dr. Tina Anderson said $800,000 in grant funds helped build the addition, along with financial support from the Cook County Economic Development Commission and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Foundation South. The successfully completed project shows Wiregrass Georgia’s long-term commitment to this community, Dr. Anderson said.
The WDC expansion is proof that little Cook County can have as high quality programs and facilities as those in much larger communities by everyone working together, said County Commission Chairman Michael Dinnerman. In fact, he said, “Adel-Cook County will outwork you.”
The WDC produces wellskilled and educated workers, which allows the community to recruit, retain, and grow industry, Dinnerman said. He added that the higher the skills possessed by laborers, the better their jobs and the higher their pay are.
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is “doing what we need you to do in Cook County” to help with job growth and economic development, he said. He, too, applauded all parties involved in the center expansion.
“My grandfather once said, ‘The road of opportunity has been paved with gold,’ ” Dinnerman said. “It’s up to you, the citizens, to pick it up.”
This semester, the Workforce Development Center has started offering the Business Management program on-campus. Previously, the program has been offered online or in the classroom at other Wiregrass Georgia campuses.
The State now offers a new tax credit benefit for businesses that educate workers so they can successfully complete their GED requirements.
Please see related stories on the Business Management program and business tax credit.
For information about programs offered by Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, please call (229) 549-7368, or look on their website at www.wiregrass.edu.
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