Skills Spur

P&C Construction Leads

$30M Workforce Skills Training Center Project

By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

A $30 million, 50,000 sq.-ft. facility that will prepare students for high wage/high demand career fields is taking shape in Boaz, Ala.

Snead State Community College broke ground on its Workforce Skills Training Center in January 2023.

“There is a growing need to provide workforce training in the fields of welding, machine tool technology, heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration and industrial systems technology in the northeast region of Alabama,” said Greg Randall, executive project director of workforce enhancement at Snead State. “To help support the increased demand for skilled professionals in the area, we secured funding to build a modern facility that will house the training programs. These programs will not only serve Marshall County but also the surrounding counties.”

The project was primarily driven by stakeholders in local business and industry, K-12 educational partners, the Marshall County Economic Development Council and the Alabama Community College System.

“The need for this workforce skills center was so vital that the Marshall County K-12 School System donated the prop- see SKILLS page 6