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Northland Workforce Development Center seeks final donations, outlines new Northland training facility and July groundbreaking
Summary
Representatives from the Northland Workforce Development Center described a planned skilled-trades training facility, said the project has secured major state and city funding, and asked local leaders to consider municipal investment to close a remaining fundraising gap.
Representatives of the Northland Workforce Development Center presented plans for a new training facility in Platte County and asked local leaders to consider financial support as the project moves into construction.
Kathy Rose, mayor of Riverside, Missouri, spoke to the Kearney Board of Aldermen about the center's mission to expand trades training for high-school students and adults. Rose said the center will provide opportunities for students who "don't wanna go to college or can't go to college" to learn skilled trades and obtain long-term employment: "Kids that don't wanna go to college or can't go to college will have an opportunity to be able to have skills to be able to…
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